Remarks on the formulation of the cosmological constant/dark energy problems

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1470-1498

  Ishak, Mustapha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic acceleration; Cosmological constant; Cosmology; Dark energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448965677     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-007-9175-z     Document Type: Article

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