Brane Induced Gravity, its ghost and the cosmological constant problem

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hassan, S F ^a   Hofmann, Stefan ^b,c   Von Strauss, Mikael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c EXCELLENCE CLUSTER UNIVERSE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; Modified gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551679217     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/01/020     Document Type: Article

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