Constraints on single-field inflation with WMAP, SPT and ACT data - A last-minute stand before Planck

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Cheng ^a,b   Huang, Qing Guo ^a   Ma, Yin Zhe ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmological parameters from CMBR; Inflation; Non gaussianity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880666686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/07/018     Document Type: Article

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