Accuracy of slow-roll formulae for inflationary perturbations: Implications for primordial black hole formation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Chongchitnan, Sirichai ^a   Efstathiou, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749106964     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/01/011     Document Type: Article

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