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astro-ph.CO2011★ 12 cited
Testing the gravitational lensing explanation for the MgII problem in GRBs
Sharon Rapoport, Christopher A. Onken, Brian P. Schmidt +3
Sixty percent of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) reveal strong MgII absorbing systems, which is a factor of ~2 times the rate seen along lines-of-sight to quasars. The discrepancy in the c…
astro-ph.CO2011★ 11 cited
The Extragalactic Distance Scale without Cepheids IV
Lachlan Hislop, Jeremy Mould, Brian Schmidt +7
The Cepheid period-luminosity relation is the primary distance indicator used in most determinations of the Hubble constant. The tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) is an alternativ…