The void abundance with non-gaussian primordial perturbations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kamionkowski, Marc ^a   Verde, Licia ^b   Jimenez, Raul ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DE L ESPAI CSIC IEEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inflation; Physics of the early universe; Power spectrum; Superclusters and voids

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649091109     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/010     Document Type: Article

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