THIS PROJECT UTILIZES FERMI-LAT HIGH ENERGY DATA TO CONSTRAIN FUNDAMENTAL COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN PARTICULAR H0 AND OMEGAMATTER AT AN ACCURACY LEVEL THAT IS COMPETITIVE WITH THOSE DERIVED FROM CURRENT DATA SETS SUCH AS THE DARK ENERGY SURVEY (DES). WE AIM TO ESTABLISH FERMI-LAT DATA AS A TOOL FOR COSMOLOGY THAT CAN PROVIDE INDEPENDENT MEASURES OF KEY PARAMETERS AND THUS ADDRESS THE RECENT TENSION (AT A>3% LEVEL) BETWEEN CMB DERIVED PARAMETERS (Z ~ 1 000) AND THOSE OBTAINED IN THE "LOCAL" UNIVERSE WITH TYPE IA SUPERNOVAE (Z ~ 1).

Clemson University, Clemson SC

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