Modulated reheating and large non-gaussianity in string cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cicoli, M ^a,b   Tasinato, G ^c   Zavala, I ^d   Burgess, C P ^e,f   Quevedo, F ^a,g  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; inflation; string theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861798913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/05/039     Document Type: Article

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