Evolution of metric perturbations in a model of nonsingular inflationary cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Cai, Yi Fu ^a   Zhang, Xinmin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Gravity waves theory; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350692140     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/06/003     Document Type: Article

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