I. A. Small

Measurements of the cosmological parameters omega and lambda from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35

We have developed a technique to systematically discover and study high-redshift supernovae that can be used to measure the cosmological parameters. We report here results based on the initial seven of more than 28 supernovae discovered to date in the high-redshift supernova search of the Supernova Cosmology Project. We find an observational dispersion in peak magnitudes of ? -->MB=0.27; this dispersion narrows to ?MB, corr=0.19 after correcting the magnitudes using the light-curve width-luminosity relation found for nearby (z ? 0.1) Type Ia supernovae from the Cal?n/Tololo survey (Hamuy et al.). Comparing light-curve width-corrected magnitudes as a function of redshift of our distant (z = 0.35-0.46) supernovae to those of nearby Type Ia supernovae yields a global measurement of the mass density, ?M

A Supernova at z = 0.458 and Implications for Measuring the Cosmological Deceleration

{r M}

Implications for the Hubble Constant from the First Seven Supernovae at [CLC][ITAL]z[/ITAL][/CLC] ≥ 0.35

-->=0.88 -->+ 0.69?0.60 for a ? = 0 cosmology. For a spatially flat universe (i.e., ?M + ?? = 1), we find ?M

Implications for the Hubble constant from the first seven supernovae at z greater than or equal to 0.35

{r M}

The type Ia supernova rate at {ital z}{approximately}0.4

-->=0.94 -->+ 0.34?0.28 or, equivalently, a measurement of the cosmological constant, ??=0.06 -->+ 0.28?0.34 ( < 0.51 at the 95% confidence level). For the more general Friedmann-Lema?tre cosmologies with independent ?M and ??, the results are presented as a confidence region on the ?M-?? plane. This region does not correspond to a unique value of the deceleration parameter q0. We present analyses and checks for statistical and systematic errors and also show that our results do not depend on the specifics of the width-luminosity correction. The results for ??-versus-?M are inconsistent with ?-dominated, low-density, flat cosmologies that have been proposed to reconcile the ages of globular cluster stars with higher Hubble constant values.

The type Ia supernova rate at z similar to 0.4

We have begun a program to discover high-redshift supernovae (

K CORRECTIONS FOR TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE AND A TEST FOR SPATIAL VARIATION OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT The Supernova Cosmology Project: II

z \approx

Discovery of the Most Distant Supernovae and the Quest for Omega

0.25--0.5), and study them with follow-up photometry and spectroscopy. We report here our first discovery, a supernova at

Supernova 1992bi in Anonymous Galaxy

z = 0.458

The Type IA Supernova Rate at Z approximately 0.4

. The photometry for this supernova closely matches the lightcurve calculated for this redshift from the template of well-observed nearby Type Ia supernovae. We discuss the measurement of the deceleration parameter