A geometric measure of dark energy with pairs of galaxies

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7323, 2010, Pages 539-541

  Marinoni, Christian ^a,b   Buzzi, Adeline ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; COSMIC RAY; DATA SET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EQUATION; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BARYON; CALCULATION; COSMOS; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; OSCILLATION; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78649456515     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09577     Document Type: Article

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