Isocurvature and curvaton perturbations with red power spectrum and large hemispherical asymmetry

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  McDonald, John ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; cosmological perturbation theory; cosmology of theories beyond the SM; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883036728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2013/07/043     Document Type: Article

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