The matter bounce curvaton scenario

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Cai, Yi Fu ^a,b   Brandenberger, Robert ^b,c   Zhang, Xinmin ^b,d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

alternatives to inflation; cosmic singularity; cosmological perturbation theory; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953650565     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/003     Document Type: Article

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