NPA Seminar: Charles Baltay, Yale, “Precision Measurement of the Hubble Constant Using Type Ia Supernovae”

Event time: 
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Location: 
Wright Lab, WL-216 (Conference Room) See map
272 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511

Admission: 
Free
Event description: 

It has been realized recently that Type Ia supernova are the most sensitive distance indicators in measuring the Hubble Constant. Our Yale group has been collaborating with the Carnegie Observatory Group (Mark Phillips, Wendy Friedman, et al) with our La Silla/QUEST Supernova Survey providing a substantial part of the supernovae for the most recent precision measurement of the Hubble Constant. Results of this measurement will be presented and and its significance discussed.

Host: Thomas Penny

Open To: 
Undergraduate, Faculty, Yale Postdoctoral Trainees, Graduate And Professional
Sponsor: 
Sponsored by the Flint Fund, Yale Wright Laboratory, Yale Department of Physics, and Yale University
Wright Lab
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