Testable solution of the cosmological constant and coincidence problems

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Shaw, Douglas J ^a   Barrow, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79952221027     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.83.043518     Document Type: Article

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