The probability equation for the cosmological comoving curvature perturbation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Riotto, Antonio ^a,b   Sloth, Martin S ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; gravity; inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655140481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/10/003     Document Type: Article

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