Single-field inflation constraints from CMB and SDSS data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Finelli, Fabio ^a,b   Hamann, Jan ^c   Leach, Samuel M ^d,e   Lesgourgues, Julien ^f,g,h  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g EPFL   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmological parameters from CMBR; Cosmological parameters from LSS; Gravitational waves and CMBR polarization; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951583489     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/04/011     Document Type: Article

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