Simple bounds from the perturbative regime of inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Leblond, Louis ^a   Shandera, Sarah ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349094771     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/08/007     Document Type: Article

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