Large non-gaussianities in the effective field theory approach to single-field inflation: The trispectrum

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Bartolo, Nicola ^a,b   Fasiello, Matteo ^c   Matarrese, Sabino ^a,b   Riotto, Antonio ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d Theory Division   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449309074     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/035     Document Type: Article

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