A solution to the anisotropy problem in bouncing cosmologies

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bozza, Valerio ^a,b   Bruni, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternatives to inflation; Cosmic singularity; Quan tum cosmology; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350692082     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/10/014     Document Type: Article

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