Advanced topics in cosmology: A pedagogical introduction

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 843, Issue , 2006, Pages 111-166

  Padmanabhan, T ^a  

^a INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

Cosmology: theory; Dark energy; Distance scale; Large scale structure

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EID: 33846029129     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2219327     Document Type: Conference Paper

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