On adiabatic perturbations in the ekpyrotic scenario

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Linde, A ^a   Mukhanov, V ^b,c   Vikman, A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternatives to inflation; Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249118385     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/02/006     Document Type: Article

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