Scale dependent spectral index in slow roll inflation

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Dodelson, Scott ^a,b   Stewart, Ewan ^c  

^a NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMOS; ENERGY; GRAVITY; MODEL; POWER SPECTRUM;

EID: 0037053226     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.101301     Document Type: Article

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