On minimally parametric primordial power spectrum reconstruction and the evidence for a red tilt

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Verde, Licia ^a,b   Peiris, Hiranya ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; Power spectrum; Surveys of galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749116751     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/07/009     Document Type: Article

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