Large non-Gaussian halo bias from single field inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Agullo, Ivan ^a   Shandera, Sarah ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; Non gaussianity; Power spectrum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866275872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/007     Document Type: Article

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