Power of observational hubble parameter data: A figure of merit exploration

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 730, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Ma, Cong ^a   Zhang, Tong Jie ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cosmological parameters; dark energy; distance scale; methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953692429     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/730/2/74     Document Type: Article

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