Gravity-driven acceleration of the cosmic expansion
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Gravity-driven acceleration of the cosmic expansion.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review D
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0556-2821
DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.51.462