z - KICP Workshops - University of Chicago
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AFTA will have the sensiAvity and the<br />
control <strong>of</strong> systemaAcs to enable a major<br />
discovery <strong>of</strong> the nature <strong>of</strong> dark energy!<br />
By measuring the relaaonship<br />
between distance and redshio, we<br />
will be able to determine the<br />
properaes <strong>of</strong> dark energy.<br />
These properaes are ooen<br />
characterized by w and its ame<br />
derivaave, dw/da.<br />
If w < -‐1, the universe will someday<br />
by torn apart in a “big rip” that<br />
destroys spaceame.<br />
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