Observing trans-Planckian ripples in the primordial power spectrum with future large scale structure probes

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Hamann, Jan ^a   Hannestad, Steen ^b   Sloth, Martin S ^b   Wong, Yvonne Y Y ^c  

^a LAPTH   (France)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflation; Power spectrum; Trans Planckian physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449108552     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/09/015     Document Type: Article

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