Dark energy or modified gravity? An effective field theory approach

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bloomfield, Jolyon ^a,b   Flanagan, Éanna É ^a,b   Park, Minjoon ^c   Watson, Scott ^d  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^b Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dark energy theory; modified gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883612317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/08/010     Document Type: Article

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