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Cover Picture: Fortschritte der Physik 1–2 / 2012
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.201190006
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , citation , computer science , art history , physics , library science , history , mechanical engineering , engineering
The picture on the cover page in 2012 shows a supernova of type Ia. The precise measurements of such massive star eruptions led the three astrophysicists Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmitt and Adam Riess to the conclusion that the universe is nowadays expanding faster than expected. For this discovery the three physicists were honored by the Nobel Prize of the year 2011.