Inverting the Sachs-Wolfe formula: An inverse problem arising in early-universe cosmology

Inverse Problems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1393-1404

  Berera, A ^a,c   Martin, P A ^b,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d NSF Engineering Research Center for Reinventing the Nation s Urban Water Infrastructure   (United States)

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EID: 0009095951     PISSN: 02665611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0266-5611/15/6/301     Document Type: Article

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