A matter bounce by means of ghost condensation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Chunshan ^a,b   Brandenberger, Robert H ^a   Levasseur, Laurence Perreault ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

alternatives to inflation; cosmological perturbation theory; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955607245     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/04/019     Document Type: Article

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