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2011 , Vol. 33 >Issue 6: 328 - 333

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2011.06.004

Brief Introduction of Nobel Prize

Unveiling Fate of the Universe Through Observations of Type Ia Supernovae — Brief Introduction to the Nobel Prize in Physics 2011

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  • ①Research Assistant, ②Research Assistant, ④Professor, Yunnan Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences，Kunming 650011, China; ③Professor, Physics Department and Tsinghua Center for Astrophysics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received date: 2011-11-09

  Revised date: 2011-11-30

  Online published: 2011-12-25

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Abstract

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2011 was awarded to Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant type Ia supernovae. This leads to the hypothesis of dark energy. In this paper, we will describe the study history of the Universe, type Ia supernovae and the accelerating expansion of the Universe, dark energy, and the problems in the study of type Ia supernovae. Especially, we also introduce domestic progress and perspective in this field.

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WANG Bo, ZHANG Jiang, WANG Xiao-feng, HAN Zhan-wen . Unveiling Fate of the Universe Through Observations of Type Ia Supernovae — Brief Introduction to the Nobel Prize in Physics 2011[J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2011 , 33(6) : 328 -333 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2011.06.004

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