Model-independent tests of cosmic gravity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1957, 2011, Pages 4985-4997

  Linder, Eric V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cosmic expansion; Cosmic growth; Galaxy surveys; General relativity; Gravitation

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION; GRAVITATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RELATIVITY; SURVEYS;

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; FATE OF THE UNIVERSE; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GRAVITATIONAL LAW; GRAVITY MODEL; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; PHASE-SPACE DYNAMICS; REQUIRED PRECISION;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 83755168974     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0288     Document Type: Article

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