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Rolling Scalar Field Cosmology

Canada · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1988

James Edwin Peebles1988

Dynamical Dark Energy Theory · Science / Astronomy

Peebles and Bharat Ratra study a slowly evolving scalar field whose energy density changes with cosmic time, providing an influential precursor to dynamical dark energy models.

Names involved

James Edwin Peebles

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