On non-Gaussianities in multi-field inflation (N fields): Bi- and tri-spectra beyond slow-roll

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Battefeld, Diana ^a,b   Battefeld, Thorsten ^b  

^a HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449941598     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/11/010     Document Type: Article

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