Non-gaussianity from violation of slow-roll in multiple inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Hotchkiss, Shaun ^a   Sarkar, Subir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation; Non gaussianity; Supersymmetry and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952812025     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/05/024     Document Type: Article

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