Extended slow-roll conditions and primordial fluctuations: Multiple scalar fields and generalized gravity

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Chiba, Takeshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Masahide ^b,c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649140539     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/01/019     Document Type: Article

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