Classical approximation to quantum cosmological correlations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Van Der Meulen, Meindert ^a   Smit, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Inflation; Physics of the early universe; Quantum field theory on curved space

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749019767     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/11/023     Document Type: Article

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