Phenomenology of a pseudo-scalar inflaton: Naturally large nongaussianity

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Barnaby, Neil ^a   Namba, Ryo ^a   Peloso, Marco ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

axions; inflation; non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955580767     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/04/009     Document Type: Article

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