The cosmic equation of state

The cosmic spacetime is often described in terms of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) metric, though the adoption of this elegant and convenient solution to Einstein's equations does not tell us much about the equation of state, $p=w\rho$, in terms of the total energy density $\rho$ and p...

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Main Author: Melia, F.
Other Authors: The University of Arizona
Language:en
Published: Springer Verlag 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/614766
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/614766