Primordial features due to a step in the inflaton potential

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Kumar Hazra, Dhiraj ^a   Aich, Moumita ^b   Kumar Jain, Rajeev ^c   Sriramkumar, L ^a   Souradeep, Tarun ^b  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cmbr experiments; Cosmological parameters from cmbr; Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449274016     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/10/008     Document Type: Article

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