Scale-dependent non-Gaussianity probes inflationary physics

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Byrnes, C T ^a   Gerstenlauer, M ^b   Nurmi, S ^b   Tasinato, G ^b   Wands, D ^c,d  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449279485     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/10/004     Document Type: Article

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