What the small angle CMB really tells us about the curvature of the Universe

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Clifton, Timothy ^a   Ferreira, Pedro G ^a   Zuntz, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350666164     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/07/029     Document Type: Article

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