Nontrivial geometries: Bounds on the curvature of the universe

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-173

  Mersini Houghton, L ^a   Kafexhiu, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Astrophysical bounds on curvature; Landscape of string theory; Nontrivial geometry

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

ASTROPHYSICAL BOUNDS ON CURVATURE; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; LANDSCAPE OF STRING THEORY; NONTRIVIAL GEOMETRY;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 40849113093     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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