2000/06/27 by George A. Baker, George A. Baker, Jr, Baker,, George A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0006398
The expansion observations do not contradict the flat universe observations
arxiv created 2000/06/27 · openalex publication_date 2000/06/27 · arxiv updated 2012/08/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Recent experimental results find strong indications that the universe is flat, while other experimental results from supernovae Ia observations have been interpreted to show that, not only that there is an accelerating expansion of the universe, but also that the universe is strongly curved. By means of a recently proposed metric, I am able to show that the experimental results which had previously been analyzed to give a strong curvature are quite consistent with a flat universe, thus resolving the apparent mismatch. The conclusion of these latter authors which indicated an accelerating expansion of the universe remains unchanged.