Constraints on cosmic hemispherical power anomalies from quasars

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Hirata, Christopher M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological parameters from LSS; Inflation; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350641869     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/09/011     Document Type: Article

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