Scale-invariant fluctuations from Galilean genesis

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Yi ^a   Brandenberger, Robert ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

alternatives to ination; cosmological perturbation theory; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868220450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/10/021     Document Type: Article

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