Testing the void against cosmological data: Fitting CMB, BAO, SN and H 0

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Biswas, Tirthabir ^a,b   Notari, Alessio ^c   Valkenburg, Wessel ^d  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baryon acoustic oscillations; Cosmological parameters from CMBR; Dark energy theory; Supernova type Ia standard candles

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649842382     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/11/030     Document Type: Article

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