Oxidised cosmic acceleration

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wesley, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; Dark energy theory; Extra dimensions; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649107784     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/041     Document Type: Article

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