Effects of the sound speed of quintessence on the microwave background and large scale structure

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  DeDeo, Simon ^a   Caldwell, R R ^b   Steinhardt, Paul J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMOS; DENSITY; ENERGY; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL; OSCILLATION; SOUND; SPECTRUM; VELOCITY;

EID: 0242389362     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.103509     Document Type: Article

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