Feynman-like rules for calculating n-point correlators of the primordial curvature perturbation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Valenzuela Toledo, César A ^a   Rodríguez, Yeinzon ^b,c   Almeida Beltrán, Juan P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; inflation; non gaussianity; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555138877     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/10/020     Document Type: Article

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