Takashi Hamana, Toshifumi Futamase
Published 1999-12-15Version 1
The gravitational lensing magnification or demagnification due to large-scale structures induces a scatter in peak magnitudes of high redshift type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia). The amplitude of the lensing dispersion strongly depends on that of density fluctuations characterized by the $\sigma_8$ parameter. Therefore the value of $\sigma_8$ is constrained by measuring the dispersion in the peak magnitudes. We examine how well SN Ia data will provide a constraint on the value of $\sigma_8$ using a likelihood analysis method. It is found that the number and quality of SN Ia data needed for placing a useful constraint on $\sigma_8$ is attainable with Next Generation Space Telescope.
Comments: 9 pages, 3 figures. Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
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