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The Hubble Constant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Jeremy Mould
Jeremy Mould*
Affiliation:
Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Weston, ACT 2611, Australia; jrm@mso.anu.edu.au
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Abstract

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With the completion of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Key Project on the Extragalactic Distance Scale, it is interesting to form the dimensionless quantity H 0 t 0 by multiplying the Hubble Constant by the age of the Universe. In a matter dominated decelerating Universe with a density exceeding 0·26 of the critical value, H 0 t 0 < 1; in an accelerating Universe with the same Ωm = 0·26, but dominated by vacuum energy with ΩV ≥ 1 – Ωm , H 0 t 0 ≥ 1. If the first globular clusters formed 109 years after the Big Bang, then with 95% confidence H 0 t 0 =1·0 ± 0·3. The classical Einstein–de Sitter cosmological model has H 0 t 0 = ⅔.

Keywords

cosmology: distance scalegalaxies: formation

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Research Article
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , 2000 , pp. 45 - 47
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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2000

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