Future singularity avoidance in semiclassical cosmology

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2215-2238

  Haro, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Loop quantum cosmology; Semiclassical approximation; Singularity avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865442169     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: 15729532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-012-1385-9     Document Type: Article

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