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Cosmic Acceleration: A Natural Remedy For Horizon and Flatness Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Abhas. Mitra
Abhas. Mitra*
Affiliation:
Theoretical Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai-400085, India email: [email protected]

Abstract

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By assuming that the recently found cosmic acceleration is a genuine and ever present effect, we show that, the resultant modified Friedman model is free from the horizon and flatness problems; and there is no need to invoke the additional “inflationary” initial phase as a separate ingredient.

Type
Part XII: Poster Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 201: New Cosmological Data and the Values of the Fundamental Parameters , 2005 , pp. 488 - 489
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2005 

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