Running spectral index from inflation with modulations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kobayashi, Takeshi ^a   Takahashi, Fuminobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmological parameters from CMBR; Inflation; Physics of the early universe; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551672847     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/01/026     Document Type: Article

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