Features of heavy physics in the CMB power spectrum

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Achúcarro, Ana ^a,b   Gong, Jinn Ouk ^a,f   Hardeman, Sjoerd ^a   Palma, Gonzalo A ^c   Patil, Subodh P ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551676287     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/01/030     Document Type: Article

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