Enhanced non-Gaussianity from excited initial states

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Holman, R ^a   Tolley, Andrew J ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449116719     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/05/001     Document Type: Article

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