A cutaway illustration of SNAP showing some of the interior optics.
A computer generated cutaway illustration of SNAP
A computer generated cutaway illustration of SNAP's primary mirror
A computer generated illustration of the SNAP spacecraft
A computer generated illustration of SNAP
Before-and-after pictures (and Hubble Space Telescope picture) of a high-redshift supernovae discovered in March, 1998. This observaton showed that the expansion of the universe was accelerarting. Credit: High Redshift Supernova Search
Supernova Cosmology Project
Top panel: Hubble Diagram for SCP low-extinction subsample; Bottompanel: Residuals relative to an empty universe. Credit: Knop et al 2003.
Confidence regions for Omega_Mass vs Omega_Lambda with results from CMB and galaxy cluster data added. Credit: Knop et al 2003, Spergel et al 2003, Allen et al 2002.
Joint measurements of Omega_Mass and w assuming a flat universe and w constant in time. Credit: Knop et al 2003.
Observed magnitude versus redshift for well-measured distant and (in the inset) nearby type Ia supernovae. Credit: Perlmutter et al 2003.
History of cosmic expansion, as measured by the high-redshift supernovae (black data points), assuming flat cosmic geometry. Credit: Perlmutter et al 2003.
Hubble Diagram with 42 High-Redshift Supernovae (Log Redshift scale). Credit: Perlmutter et al 1998.
Confidence Region on Omega_Mass vs. Omega_Lambda Plane. Credit: Perlmutter et al 1998.
Age of the Universe Isochrones superposed on Omega_Mass vs. Omega_Lambda Confidence Region. Credit: Perlmutter et al 2003.
Confidence Region on Omega_Mass vs. w Plane, for an additional energy density characterized by an equation of state w = p/rho. Credit: Perlmutter et al 1998.
