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arxiv: 1711.04911 · v1 · pith:5SZH52KSnew · submitted 2017-11-14 · 🌌 astro-ph.GA

Magnification by Gravity

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Gravitational lensing time-delays using standard candles can provide tremendous leverage to cosmology. A recently discovered gravitationally lensed type Ia supernova, iPTF16geu, may yield a precise and accurate measurement of the Hubble constant.

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