Gauge invariant averages for the cosmological backreaction

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Gasperini, M ^a,b   Marozzi, G ^c,d   Veneziano, G ^e,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g The Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics Arcetri   (Italy)

^h INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Quantum field theory on curved space

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649091704     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/03/011     Document Type: Article

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