Gravitational wave background and non-Gaussianity as a probe of the curvaton scenario

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nakayama, Kazunori ^a   Yokoyama, Jun'ichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gravitational waves theory; Non gaussianity; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849115291     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/01/010     Document Type: Article

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