Non-gaussian features of primordial fluctuations in single field inflationary models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 233-264

  Maldacena, Juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Large Scale Structure Formations; Physics of the Early Universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044478124     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/05/013     Document Type: Review

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