Light-cone averaging in cosmology: Formalism and applications

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Gasperini, M ^a,b   Marozzi, G ^c   Nugier, F ^d   Veneziano, G ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^c Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; dark energy theory; gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961239403     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/07/008     Document Type: Review

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