Enhancement of non-gaussianity after inflation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 147-159

  Bartolo, Nicola ^a   Matarrese, Sabino ^b   Riotto, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; REM Large Scale Structure Formations

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044517129     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/04/006     Document Type: Article

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