The Hubble constant and the expansion age of the Universe

Physics Report

Volumn 333-334, Issue 4-6, 2000, Pages 13-31

  Freedman, Wendy L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of the universe; Distances to galaxies; Expansion rate; The Hubble constant;

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002533162     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(00)00013-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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