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Time variability of the gravitational constant and Type Ia supernovae

Astrophysics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We investigate to which extent a time variation of the gravitational constant or other fundamental constants affects the best fit of the Hubble diagram of type Ia supernovae. In particular, we show that a slow increase of GG in the past, below experimental constraints, can reconcile the SNe Ia observations with an open zero-Λ\Lambda universe.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9907222,
  title  = {Time variability of the gravitational constant and Type Ia supernovae},
  author = {Luca Amendola and Stefano Corasaniti and Franco Occhionero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9907222},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, including 4 figures, revtex