Current observational constraints on cosmic doomsday

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 12, 2004, Pages 127-146

  Wang, Yun ^a   Kratochvil, Jan Michael ^b   Linde, Andrei ^b   Shmakova, Marina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Dark energy theory; Supernova; Type Ia

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244431672     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2004/12/006     Document Type: Review

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