Session 23. Cosmology: The Fundamental Parameter

Oral, Monday, January 6, 2003, 10:00-11:30am, 608-609

23.01 The Cluster Mass Function and Cosmological Implications

N. Bahcall, F. Dong, P. Bode (Princeton University), SDSS Collaboration

23.02D Measuring H₀ through observations of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect in Nearby Clusters with the Cosmic Background Imager

P.S. Udomprasert, B.S. Mason, A.C.S. Readhead (Caltech)

23.03 The Cepheid Distance to NGC 1637: A Direct Comparison with the EPM Distance to SN 1999em

D. C. Leonard, S. M. Kanbur, C. C. Ngeow (FCAD, UMass Amherst), N. R. Tanvir (U. Hertfordshire)

23.04 Photometry of five Type Ia supernovae with redshifts between 0.46 and 0.54

A. Clocchiatti (PUC), N.B. Suntzeff, R. A. Schommer, C. Smith, P. Candia (CTIO), K. Krisciunas (CTIO/OCIW), M.M. Phillips (OCIW), B. Barris, J. Tonry (UH), P. Challis, R.P. Kirshner, T. Matheson (CfA), A.L. Coil, A. Filippenko, S. Jha, D.C. Leonard (UCB), R. Covarrubias, A. Diercks, C. Hogan, C. Stubbs (UW), P. Garnavich, S.T. Holland (NDU), B. Leibundgut, J. Spyromilio (ESO), A.G. Riess (STScI), B.P. Schmidt (MSSSO), High Z SN Search Team

23.05 The Host Galaxies of Type Ia Supernovae at High Redshift

R. Quimby (Texas), G. Aldering, P. Nugent (LBNL), R. Amanullah (Stockholm), P. Astier (LPNHE), G. Blanc (LBNL), M.S. Burns (Colorado Col.), A. Conley, S. Deustua (LBNL), M. Doi (Tokyo), R. Ellis (Caltech), S. Fabbro (IPN Lyon), G. Folatelli (Stockholm), A. Fruchter (STScI), G. Garavini (Stockholm), R. Gibbons, G. Goldhaber (LBNL), A. Goobar (Stockholm), D.E. Groom (LBNL), D. Hardin (LPNHE), I.M. Hook (Oxford), D.A. Howell (LBNL), M. Irwin (IoA Cambridge), A. Kim (LBNL), R.A. Knop (Vanderbilt), C. Lidman (ESO), R. McMahon (IoA Cambridge), J. Mendez (ING), S. Nobili (Stockholm), R. Pain (LPNHE), N. Panagia (STScI), C.R. Pennypacker, S. Perlmutter (LBNL), J. Raux (LPNHE), N. Regnault (LBNL), P. Ruiz-Lapuente (Barcelona), B. Schaefer (Texas), K. Schahmaneche (LPNHE), A.L. Spadafora (LBNL), N. Walton (ING), L. Wang, W.M. Wood-Vasey (LBNL), N. Yasuda (NOA Japan), Supernova Cosmology Project Collaboration

23.06D The Enigmatic Local Hubble Flow: Probing the Nearby Peculiar Velocity Field with Consistent Distances to Neighboring Galaxies.

B. Mendez, M. Davis, J. Newman (UC Berkeley), B.F. Madore, W.L. Freedman (Carnegie Institute of Washington), J. Moustakas (Steward Observatory, U of Arizona)

23.07 Optimal Strategy for Dark Energy Search

Y. Wang (University of Oklahoma)