Model- and calibration-independent test of cosmic acceleration

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Seikel, Marina ^a   Schwarz, Dominik J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Classical tests of cosmology; Dark energy theory; Supernova type Ia

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649097645     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/02/024     Document Type: Article

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