"The Hubble Constant"
by
Neal Jackson
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Abstract
1
Introduction
1.1
A brief history
1.2
A little cosmology
2
Local Methods and Cepheid Variables
2.1
Preliminary remarks
2.2
Basic principle
2.3
Problems and comments
2.4
Independent local distance-scale methods
2.5
H
0
: 62 or 73?
3
The CMB and Cosmological Estimates of the Distance Scale
3.1
The physics of the anisotropy spectrum and its implications
3.2
Degeneracies and implications for
H
0
4
One-Step Distance Methods
4.1
Gravitational lenses
4.2
The Sunyaev–Zel’dovich effect
4.3
Gravitational waves
5
Conclusion
6
Acknowledgements
A
A Highly Subjective Summary of the Gravitational Lens Time Delays to Date and the Derived Values of the Hubble Constant
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