Cosmic microwave background observables of small field models of inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Ben Dayan, Ido ^a   Brustein, Ram ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449271717     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/007     Document Type: Article

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