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A crucial dipole test of the expansion center Universe - based on high-z SCP Union & Union2 supernovae

Luciano Lorenzi
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The expansion center Universe (ECU) gives a dipole anisotropy to the Hubble ratio, at any Hubble depth D. After a long series of successful dipole tests, here is a crucial multiple dipole test at z bins centred on the mean =z0=1, or Hubble depth D=c/H0, and based on data from SCP Union & Union2 compilation. Table 5abc lists data of two main samples, with 48 SCPU SNe Ia and 58 SCPU2 SNe Ia respectively. The confirmed dipole anisotropy, shown by 6 primary sample tests and by another 27 from 9 encapsulated z bins with DL=D(1+z) assumed and the Hubble Magnitude definition, gives a model independent result, in full accordance with the expansion center model (ECM). That means a maximum cz range of about 50000 km/s at the central redshift z0=1. As a complement to the dipole tests, here is a new computation of the relativistic deceleration parameter q0, based on the extrapolated total M spread, that is the deviation of the Hubble Magnitude M of high-z SCP Union supernovae at a normal or central redshift =z0=z << 1 from the absolute magnitude M0 at z0=0 (cf. parallel paper XVI). A total M spread according to ECM is derived from 249 high-z SCPU SNe listed in paper XVI. In a concordance test with the expansion center model, the obtained new relativistic q0 agrees with the value q0=+2 inferred from the ECM paper I eq. (41), when R0 is the proper distance at t0 of the expansion center from the Galaxy.

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Luciano Lorenzi. 2011-05-18. A crucial dipole test of the expansion center Universe - based on high-z SCP Union & Union2 supernovae. https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.3697

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