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Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
A study of distances and the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in curved spacetimes.
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe Baryon Acoustic Oscillations offer a powerful method of measuring cosmological distances and the expansion history of the Universe. Understanding of the BAO comes from linear physics and allows for accurate predictions of the BAO scale. This will result in accurate measurements of the parameters of the Universe. Currently, most BAO measurements assume a flat cosmology; this work seeks to investigate if the assumption of flatness provides inaccuracies in the measurement process.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2012
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Clarke, Alan
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Bassett, Bruce
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10211
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10211