Effects of scale-dependent non-Gaussianity on cosmological structures

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Loverde, Marilena ^a   Miller, Amber ^a   Shandera, Sarah ^a   Verde, Licia ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; string theory and cosmology; superclusters and voids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879052549     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/04/014     Document Type: Article

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