Conformal invariance of curvature perturbation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Gong, Jinn Ouk ^a   Hwang, Jai Chan ^b   Park, Wan Il ^c   Sasaki, Misao ^c,d   Song, Yong Seon ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; inflation; Modified gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053513634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/023     Document Type: Article

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