The radial BAO scale and cosmic shear, a new observable for inhomogeneous cosmologies

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  García Bellido, Juan ^a   Haugbølle, Troels ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Classical tests of cosmology; Dark energy theory; Superclusters and voids

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350691946     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/09/028     Document Type: Article

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