Parity violation in the cosmic microwave background from a pseudoscalar inflaton

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sorbo, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

axions; gravitational waves and CMBR polarization; ination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960023609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/06/003     Document Type: Article

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