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Pith's one-line read The analysis of 42 high-redshift Type Ia supernovae indicates that the cosmological constant is non-zero and positive.

desk verdict Perlmutter et al. give the first direct evidence from SNe Ia for positive Lambda at 99% confidence, but the result rests on the unverified assumption that the width-luminosity standardization applies unchanged at high redshift. read the letter →

arxiv astro-ph/9812133 v1 pith:VH3XQAZK submitted 1998-12-08 astro-ph hep-exhep-ph

S. Perlmutter , G. Aldering , G. Goldhaber , R.A. Knop , P. Nugent , P.G. Castro , S. Deustua , S. Fabbro
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This paper reports measurements of the universe's mass density Omega_M and cosmological constant density Omega_Lambda based on 42 Type Ia supernovae discovered at redshifts from 0.18 to 0.83. These are standardized using the lightcurve width-luminosity relation and compared to nearby supernovae to fit the magnitude-redshift relation. The fit gives a relation between the densities and shows strong inconsistency with models having zero cosmological constant. If correct, this means the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a positive Lambda term.

What carries the argument

Type Ia supernovae standardized by the lightcurve width-luminosity relation serving as standard candles for the magnitude-redshift relation.

What would settle it

An observation that the lightcurve width-luminosity relation fails to standardize high-redshift supernovae in the same way as local ones, or that there are unrecognized differences in their host environments affecting the magnitudes.

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Core claim

The magnitude-redshift data for these SNe are fit jointly with a set of SNe from the Calan/Tololo Supernova Survey to yield values for the cosmological parameters. The measurement yields a joint probability distribution approximated by 0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda ~= -0.2 +/- 0.1. For a flat cosmology the data give Omega_M = 0.28 with statistical and systematic errors. The data are strongly inconsistent with a Lambda = 0 flat cosmology and indicate the cosmological constant is non-zero and positive with 99% confidence.

Load-bearing premise

That Type Ia supernovae at high redshift can be standardized to the same intrinsic luminosity as local ones using the lightcurve width-luminosity relation, with no significant evolutionary changes or unrecognized systematics between the samples.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • In a flat universe, Omega_M is about 0.28 and Omega_Lambda about 0.72.
  • The age of the universe is 14.9 Gyr scaled by 0.63/h.
  • Open Lambda=0 cosmologies do not fit the data well.
  • Statistical tests show no significant differences in host reddening or Malmquist bias between samples.

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Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The result supports the idea of a dominant energy component causing acceleration at the present epoch.
  • It suggests that combining supernova data with other observations like galaxy clustering could further constrain the parameters.
  • Higher redshift supernovae could probe whether the acceleration has been constant or varied over time.
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Summary. The paper reports measurements of Omega_M and Omega_Lambda from magnitude-redshift data of 42 high-redshift Type Ia supernovae (0.18 < z < 0.83) discovered by the Supernova Cosmology Project, jointly fit with low-redshift SNe from the Calan/Tololo survey. All peak magnitudes are standardized via a lightcurve width-luminosity relation. For a flat universe the fit yields Omega_M = 0.28^{+0.09}_{-0.08} (1 sigma statistical) ^{+0.05}_{-0.04} (identified systematics). The data are stated to be strongly inconsistent with a flat Lambda=0 cosmology and to indicate P(Lambda > 0) = 99% including systematics; the constraints are summarized by the approximate relation 0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda ~ -0.2 +/- 0.1. Multiple statistical tests for biases are reported, with no significant differences found in host reddening or Malmquist bias distributions, and results claimed to be robust with or without the width-luminosity correction.

Significance. If the standardization assumption holds without significant redshift-dependent evolution, the result provides the first direct supernova evidence for a positive cosmological constant, ruling out the simplest flat Lambda=0 inflationary model at high confidence and implying an accelerating universe. The large sample size enabling explicit bias checks and the presentation of the joint probability distribution via the linear degeneracy relation are strengths that make the constraints more transparent and testable.

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  1. [Abstract and analysis of standardization robustness] The central claim that the data indicate P(Lambda > 0) = 99% rests on the standardization of all SNe via the width-luminosity relation and the assertion that conclusions remain robust without it. However, the reported checks (no significant differences in host reddening or Malmquist bias distributions between the Calan/Tololo and high-z samples) do not directly constrain possible redshift evolution in the slope or zero-point of the width-luminosity relation itself. Such evolution would shift the entire magnitude-redshift locus and could move the best-fit point along the reported degeneracy direction (0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda ~ -0.2) enough to weaken the Lambda > 0 preference.

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We thank the referee for their careful and constructive review of our manuscript. We address the major comment below and indicate the revisions we will make to strengthen the presentation of our robustness tests.

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  1. Referee: The central claim that the data indicate P(Lambda > 0) = 99% rests on the standardization of all SNe via the width-luminosity relation and the assertion that conclusions remain robust without it. However, the reported checks (no significant differences in host reddening or Malmquist bias distributions between the Calan/Tololo and high-z samples) do not directly constrain possible redshift evolution in the slope or zero-point of the width-luminosity relation itself. Such evolution would shift the entire magnitude-redshift locus and could move the best-fit point along the reported degeneracy direction (0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda ~ -0.2) enough to weaken the Lambda > 0 preference.

    Authors: We agree that the checks on host reddening and Malmquist bias distributions do not directly constrain possible redshift evolution in the parameters of the width-luminosity relation. However, the manuscript already reports that the cosmological conclusions are robust when the width-luminosity relation is not applied at all. In this uncorrected analysis, no standardization is performed and therefore no assumption is made about the slope or zero-point of the relation or any possible redshift dependence. Even without the correction, the high-redshift supernovae lie systematically below the magnitude-redshift relation expected for a flat Lambda=0 cosmology, yielding a comparable preference for positive Omega_Lambda. We will revise the manuscript to explicitly highlight this distinction and to note that the no-correction results are independent of uncertainties in the width-luminosity relation, thereby addressing the referee's concern about potential evolution. revision: yes

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No significant circularity: cosmological parameters obtained via direct data fit

full rationale

The paper derives Omega_M and Omega_Lambda by jointly fitting the magnitude-redshift relation of 42 high-z SNe Ia (standardized with the lightcurve width-luminosity relation) and the Calan/Tololo low-z sample to the standard FLRW luminosity-distance formula. The resulting degeneracy relation 0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda ~ -0.2 is the direct output of this chi-squared minimization on the observed data points; the 99% confidence for Lambda > 0 is the integral over the likelihood surface. The paper states that results are robust without the width-luminosity correction and reports no significant differences in host reddening or Malmquist bias distributions between samples. No step reduces the claimed result to its inputs by definition, by renaming a fitted parameter as a prediction, or by load-bearing self-citation of an unverified uniqueness theorem. The derivation is therefore self-contained against the supernova observations within the assumed cosmological model.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 2 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on the standardization of supernovae magnitudes and the standard FLRW cosmological model; the fitted parameters are the direct output of the data analysis.

free parameters (2)
  • Omega_M = 0.28 +0.09 -0.08
    Fitted directly from the joint magnitude-redshift data for the flat cosmology case.
  • Omega_Lambda = 0.72
    Inferred from the flatness constraint and the data fit.
assumptions (2)
  • domain assumption Type Ia supernovae peak magnitudes can be standardized using a lightcurve width-luminosity relation that holds across the observed redshift range
    Invoked to correct all peak magnitudes before fitting the cosmological model.
  • standard math The magnitude-redshift relation is described by the Friedmann equation in a homogeneous isotropic universe containing matter and a cosmological constant
    Used as the model to which the standardized supernova data are fit.

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  title        = {Pith review of: Measurements of Omega and Lambda from 42 High-Redshift Supernovae},
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  note         = {Machine review of arXiv:astro-ph/9812133}
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We report measurements of the mass density, Omega_M, and cosmological-constant energy density, Omega_Lambda, of the universe based on the analysis of 42 Type Ia supernovae discovered by the Supernova Cosmology Project. The magnitude-redshift data for these SNe, at redshifts between 0.18 and 0.83, are fit jointly with a set of SNe from the Calan/Tololo Supernova Survey, at redshifts below 0.1, to yield values for the cosmological parameters. All SN peak magnitudes are standardized using a SN Ia lightcurve width-luminosity relation. The measurement yields a joint probability distribution of the cosmological parameters that is approximated by the relation 0.8 Omega_M - 0.6 Omega_Lambda ~= -0.2 +/- 0.1 in the region of interest (Omega_M <~ 1.5). For a flat (Omega_M + Omega_Lambda = 1) cosmology we find Omega_M = 0.28{+0.09,-0.08} (1 sigma statistical) {+0.05,-0.04} (identified systematics). The data are strongly inconsistent with a Lambda = 0 flat cosmology, the simplest inflationary universe model. An open, Lambda = 0 cosmology also does not fit the data well: the data indicate that the cosmological constant is non-zero and positive, with a confidence of P(Lambda > 0) = 99%, including the identified systematic uncertainties. The best-fit age of the universe relative to the Hubble time is t_0 = 14.9{+1.4,-1.1} (0.63/h) Gyr for a flat cosmology. The size of our sample allows us to perform a variety of statistical tests to check for possible systematic errors and biases. We find no significant differences in either the host reddening distribution or Malmquist bias between the low-redshift Calan/Tololo sample and our high-redshift sample. The conclusions are robust whether or not a width-luminosity relation is used to standardize the SN peak magnitudes.

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