The cosmic microwave background in an inhomogeneous universe

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Clarkson, Chris ^a   Regis, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CENTRE FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; dark energy theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952590264     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/02/013     Document Type: Article

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