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Scale Factor Evolution

Scale Factor Evolution is a theoretical construct in cosmology that describes the time-dependent expansion rate of the universe by specifying how the relative distance between comoving points in space changes as a function of cosmic time.

524

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28.6K

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799

Authors

537

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2017–2026

112

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Publications

524

Nonlinear evolution of long-wavelength metric fluctuations in inflationary models

D. S. Salopek, J. Richard Bond · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1990 · 1.1K citations

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Power-law inflation

F. Lucchin, S. Matarrese · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1985 · 877 citations

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Absence of a Singularity in Loop Quantum Cosmology

Martin Bojowald · Physical Review Letters · 2001 · 747 citations · Full text

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Jerk, snap and the cosmological equation of state

Classical and Quantum Gravity · 2004 · 625 citations · Full text

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Classification of scalar field potentials with cosmological scaling solutions

Andrew R. Liddle, Robert J. Scherrer · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1998 · 583 citations · Full text

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Authors

799

  1. JD
    John D. Barrow

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 909 citations

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  2. TH
    Tiberiu Harko

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    9 publications · 330 citations

    9

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  3. SD
    Sergei D. Odintsov

    Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Spain

    7 publications · 767 citations

    7

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  4. EN
    Emmanuel N. Saridakis

    National Observatory of Athens, Greece

    7 publications · 486 citations

    7

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  5. RJ
    Robert J. Scherrer

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    6 publications · 1.5K citations

    6

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1–5 of 799

Institutions

537

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    18 h-index

    32 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    18 h-index

    37 publications

    2K citations

  3. University of Delhi

    New Delhi, India

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    927 citations

  4. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    497 citations

  6. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

    Batavia, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    4K citations

  7. Institute of Physics

    Warsaw, Poland

    7 h-index

    20 publications

    512 citations

  8. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

    Madrid, Spain

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    321 citations

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  2. 35

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  3. Physical review. D/Physical review. D.

    PRD · 35 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

    JCAP · 41 publications · 1.8K citations

    23

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  5. Classical and Quantum Gravity

    38 publications · 1.9K citations

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