G-bounce

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Easson, Damien A ^a   Sawicki, Ignacy ^b   Vikman, Alexander ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

alternatives to ination; cosmic singularity; cosmology of theories beyond the SM

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955242521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/021     Document Type: Article

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