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New Eyes on the Expanding Universe: The SuperNova/Acceleration Probe (SNAP)
The Equation of the Universe
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The Cosmological Constant
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Hubble’s Great Discovery - and Einstein’s “biggest blunder”
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A Revolution in Cosmology
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Who Ordered That?!
What we don’t know
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Dark Energy Task Force
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“Standard-izable” Candles
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What is the Physical Mechanism for Type Ia SNe?
Discovering Supernovae
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The Expansion History of the Universe
Discovering Supernovae from Space
Gravitational Weak Lensing
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It’s a SNAP! The SuperNova/Acceleration Probe
SNAP Collaboration
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Instrument Concept
Focal plane
Special “Red-Hot” Visible CCDs for SNAP
Near Infrared (NIR) detectors for SNAP
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Observing
SNAP 3 year Observation Program
Photometry and Spectroscopy Illustration
Understanding Dark Energy
SNAP Science Reach - Combining SNe and Weak Lensing
Is the Dark Energy constant?
Beyond Dark Energy
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Launch early in the next decade
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Conclusions
Author:
Natalie Roe
Homepage:
http://www.lbl.gov/
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