A general test of the copernican principle

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Clarkson, Chris ^a   Bassett, Bruce ^a,b   Lu, Teresa Hui Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY;

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (APS); DARK ENERGY; VALID ASSUMPTION;

TESTING;

EID: 46949099602     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.011301     Document Type: Article

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