Inflationary observables in loop quantum cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Bojowald, Martin ^a   Calcagni, Gianluca ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; quantum cosmology; quantum gravity phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953663589     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/032     Document Type: Article

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