Punctuated inflation and the low CMB multipoles

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jain, Rajeev Kumar ^a   Chingangbam, Pravabati ^b   Gong, Jinn Ouk ^c   Sriramkumar, L L ^a   Souradeep, Tarun ^d  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

^d INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649108300     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/009     Document Type: Article

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