The key role of the Calan/Tololo project in the discovery of the accelerating Universe


Abstract in English

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 has just been awarded to three astronomers: Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, and Adam Riess, for their amazing discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe. Without diminishing the achievement of our communitys laureates, here I elaborate on the role of the C&T project in this discovery.

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