An improved calculation of the non-Gaussian halo mass function

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  D'Amico, Guido ^a,b   Musso, Marcello ^c   Norẽa, Jorge ^a,b   Paranjape, Aseem ^c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

cluster counts; cosmological parameters from LSS; cosmological perturbation theory; non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952610499     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/02/001     Document Type: Article

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