The effective theory of quintessence: The w<-1 side unveiled

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Creminelli, Paolo ^a   D'Amico, Guido ^b,c   Norẽa, Jorge ^b   Vernizzi, Filippo ^a,d,e  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d DIF   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Dark energy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649144744     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/02/018     Document Type: Article

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