New Constraints on the Time-variation of the Dark Energy Equation of State from Current Supernova Data
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Tracy Holsclaw, Ujjaini Alam, Bruno Sansó, Herbert Lee, Katrin Heitmann, Salman Habib, and David Higdon Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 ISR-1, MS D466, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 T-2, MS B285, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 CCS-6, MS F600, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545 (Dated: December 4, 2009)
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