Moment transport equations for non-Gaussianity

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mulryne, David J ^a   Seery, David ^a   Wesley, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation; Physics of the early universe; Quantum field theory on curved space

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149138203     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/01/024     Document Type: Article

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