New constraints on cosmological parameters and neutrino properties using the expansion rate of the Universe to z ∼ 1.75

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Moresco, Michele ^a   Verde, Licia ^b   Pozzetti, Lucia ^c   Jimenez, Raul ^b   Cimatti, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dark energy experiments; dark energy theory; neutrino masses from cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864757742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/07/053     Document Type: Article

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