Numerical calculation of second order perturbations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Huston, Ian ^a   Malik, Karim A ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Ination; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350689575     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/09/019     Document Type: Article

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