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PHYS 485
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with
the
galaxy
have
now
been
ruled
out
by
(fig. 1)
Figure from the Supernova Cosmology Project: The confidence contours from Type Ia supernovae,
Cosmic Microwave Background, and Baryon Acoustic Oscillations observed in clusters, all converge to a
CDM parametrization of General Relativity. This concordance of independent experiments gives todays
observational cosmology great confidence on our understanding of the universe. The Y and X axis
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