Published January 15, 2003 | Version v1
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

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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

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