On the quantum origin of the seeds of cosmic structure

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2317-2354

  Perez, Alejandro ^a,b   Sahlmann, Hanno ^a,c   Sudarsky, Daniel ^a,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

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EID: 33645065866     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/23/7/008     Document Type: Article

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