Is the age problem resolved?
@article{Navabi2003IsTA, title={Is the age problem resolved?}, author={Ali Akbar Navabi and Nematollah Riazi}, journal={Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy}, year={2003}, volume={24}, pages={3-10} }
The cosmological, astrophysical, and nucleocosmochronological methods for estimating the age of the universe and the corresponding uncertainties are comparatively studied in the present paper. We are led to the conclusion that the new measurements of cosmological parameters, and the recent estimates of the age of globular clusters have led to the gradual disappearance of the age problem from the arena of modern cosmology.
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