Cosmological properties of a class of [Formula presented] decaying cosmologies

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4625-4632

  Silveira, V ^a   Waga, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000573313     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.56.4625     Document Type: Article

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