A simplified approach to general scalar-tensor theories

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bloomfield, Jolyon ^a,b  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

dark energy theory; modified gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891848977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/12/044     Document Type: Article

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