Statistical anisotropy of CMB as a probe of conformal rolling scenario

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Ramazanov, S R ^a,b   Rubtsov, G I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

alternatives to inflation; cosmological parameters from CMBR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861801407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/05/033     Document Type: Article

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