Improved constraints on the expansion rate of the Universe up to z ∼ 1.1 from the spectroscopic evolution of cosmic chronometers

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Moresco, M ^a   Cimatti, A ^a   Jimenez, R ^b   Pozzetti, L ^c   Zamorani, G ^c   Bolzonella, M ^c   Dunlop, J ^d   Lamareille, F ^e,f   Mignoli, M ^c   Pearce, H ^d   Rosati, P ^g   Stern, D ^h   Verde, L ^b   Zucca, E ^c   Carollo, C M ⁱ   Contini, T ^e,f   Kneib, J P ^j   Le Fevre O ^j   Lilly, S J ⁱ   Mainieri, V ^g   Renzini, A ^k   Scodeggio, M ^l   Balestra, I ^j,n   Gobat, R ^m   McLure, R ^d   Bardelli, S ^c   Bongiorno, A ⁿ   Caputi, K ^d   Cucciati, O ^o   De La Torre, S ^d   De Ravel, L ^d   Franzetti, P ^l   Garilli, B ^l   Iovino, A ^l   Kampczyk, P ⁱ   Knobel, C ⁱ   Kovac K ^g,p   Le Borgne, J F ^e,f   Le Brun, V ^j   Maier, C ^g,q   Pello R ^e,f   Peng, Y ⁱ   Perez Montero, E ^r   Presotto, V ^l,s   Silverman, J D ^t   Tanaka, M ^t   Tasca, L A M ^j   Tresse, L ^j   Vergani, D ^c,u   Almaini, O ^v   Barnes, L ⁱ   Bordoloi, R ⁱ   Bradshaw, E ^v   Cappi, A ^c   Chuter, R ^v   Cirasuolo, M ^d   Coppa, G ^c,n   Diener, C ⁱ   Foucaud, S ^w   Hartley, W ^v   Kamionkowski, M ^x   Koekemoer, A M ^y   Lopez Sanjuan C ^j   McCracken, H J ^z   Nair, P ^c   Oesch, P ^i,aa   Stanford, A ^ab,ac   Welikala, N ^ad   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f IRAP   (France)

^g EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^k INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^l INAF IASF MILANO   (Italy)

^m DIF   (France)

ⁿ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^o INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^p MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^r INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^s UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^u OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^w NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^x JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^y STScI   (United States)

^z INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^aa University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ac LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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Author keywords

dark energy experiments; galaxy surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865259117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/08/006     Document Type: Article

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