Constraints on the extensions to the base ΛcDM model from BICEP2, Planck and WMAP

Science China: Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1460-1465

  Cheng, Cheng ^a,b   Huang, Qingguo ^a   Zhao, Wen ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

dark energy; relic gravitational waves; spectral index

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; POLARIZATION;

CDM MODELING; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; DARK ENERGY; POLARIZATION DATA; POWER-LAW; SPECTRAL INDICES;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 84904395786     PISSN: 16747348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11433-014-5514-1     Document Type: Article

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