Galilean genesis: An alternative to inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Creminelli, Paolo ^a   Nicolis, Alberto ^b   Trincherini, Enrico ^c,d  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternatives to inflation; Cosmological perturbation theory; Modified gravity; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649788393     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/11/021     Document Type: Article

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