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Cosmological Distance Scale. Part 3. Red Shift Standards

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This is a statistical analysis of data on type SN Ia supernovae from which it was concluded during 1998–1999 that the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The hypothesis that there exists a standard value of the red shift in the spectra of type SN Ia supernovae that corresponds to a standard value of the absolute stellar magnitude for distance determinations is examined.

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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 9, pp. 8–12, September, 2014.

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Levin, S.F. Cosmological Distance Scale. Part 3. Red Shift Standards. Meas Tech 57, 960–966 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-014-0566-1

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