Bispectrum signatures of a modified vacuum in single field inflation with a small speed of sound

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Meerburg, P Daniel ^a   Van Der Schaar, Jan Pieter ^b   Jackson, Mark G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cosmological parameters from CMBR; Inflation; Non gaussianity; Transplanckian physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249133900     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/02/001     Document Type: Article

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