arXiv:astro-ph/0209337·v2·Astrophysics
Cosmic Numbers: A Physical Classification for Cosmological Models
P.P. Avelino (1,2)🇵🇹 · C.J.A.P. Martins (1,3,4) ((1) CAUP, Porto; (2) DF-FCUP, Porto; (3) DAMTP, Cambridge; (4) IAP, Paris)🇵🇹
Abstract
We introduce the notion of the cosmic numbers of a cosmological model, and discuss how they can be used to naturally classify models according to their ability to solve some of the problems of the standard cosmological model.
Comments: 3 pages, no figures. v2: Two references added, cosmetic changes. Version to appear in Phys. Rev. D (Brief reports)