Local stochastic non-Gaussianity and N-body simulations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Smith, Kendrick M ^a   LoVerde, Marilena ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmological parameters from LSS; cosmological simulations; ination

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955251134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/009     Document Type: Article

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