Cosmic Numbers: A Physical Classification for Cosmological Models
Astrophysics
2009-11-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
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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Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0209337,
title = {Cosmic Numbers: A Physical Classification for Cosmological Models},
author = {P. P. Avelino and C. J. A. P. Martins},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0209337},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
3 pages, no figures. v2: Two references added, cosmetic changes. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D (Brief reports)