Published January 15, 2003
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Journal article
Cosmic numbers: A physical classification for cosmological models
- 1. Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, 98 bis Boulevard Arago, 75014 Paris (France)
- 2. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)
- 3. Centro de Astrofisica da Universidade do Porto, R. das Estrelas s/n, 4150-762 Porto (Portugal)
- 4. Departamento de Fisica da Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007, Porto (Portugal)
Description
We introduce the notion of the cosmic numbers of a cosmological model, and discuss how they can be used to naturally classify models according to their ability to solve some of the problems of the standard cosmological model
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.027302;
- arXiv
- arXiv:astro-ph/0209337v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
- Journal Volume
- 67
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 027302-027302.3
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDAQ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 35075180
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CLASSIFICATION; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; COSMOLOGY; ORIGIN
- Descriptors DEC
- MATHEMATICAL MODELS
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2003 The American Physical Society