Global Cosmological Parameters Measured Using Classical Double Radio Sources

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dc.creatorDaly, Ruth A.
dc.creatorGuerra, E. J.
dc.creatorWan, Lin
dc.date1998-03-23
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:26:27Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:26:27Z
dc.descriptionFourteen classical double radio galaxies with redshifts between zero and two were used to determine the cosmological parameters $Ω_m$, $Ω_Λ$, and $Ω_k$, where these are the normalized values of the mean mass density, cosmological constant, and space curvature at the present epoch. A low value of $Ω_m$ is obtained, and $Ω_m = 1$ is ruled out with 97.5% confidence. The low value of $Ω_m$ determined using the radio source method described here is also indicated by several independent tests. Thus, it appears that either a cosmological constant, or space curvature, is significant at the present epoch. This means that the universe is undergoing, or has recently undergone, a transition away from a state of matter domination and into a state where either a cosmological constant or space curvature is determining the expansion rate of the universe. The low value of $Ω_m$ presented here and by Guerra & Daly (1998) means that we can state with 97.5 % confidence that the universe will continue to expand forever.
dc.descriptionTo appear in "Fundamental Parameters in Cosmology", The proceedings of the XXXIIIrd Rencontres de Moriond, eds. J. Trân Thanh Vân & Y. Giraud-Heraud, (Paris, France: Editions Frontieres)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9803265
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9803265
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/12275
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleGlobal Cosmological Parameters Measured Using Classical Double Radio Sources
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