Ghost cosmology: Exact solutions, transitions between standard cosmologies and ghost evolution

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1091-1122

  Krause, Axel ^a,c   Ng, Siew Phang ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological solutions; Ghost condensation; Ghost evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644907477     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X0602516X     Document Type: Article

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