Effective field theory and non-Gaussianity from general inflationary states

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Agarwal, Nishant ^a   Holman, R ^a   Tolley, Andrew J ^b   Lin, Jennifer ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Space Time Symmetries; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878839135     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2013)085     Document Type: Article

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