A smooth bouncing cosmology with scale invariant spectrum

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Creminelli, Paolo ^a   Senatore, Leonardo ^b  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749033321     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/11/010     Document Type: Article

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