An infinite set of Ward identities for adiabatic modes in cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hinterbichler, Kurt ^a   Hui, Lam ^b   Khoury, Justin ^c  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmological perturbation theory; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893495326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/01/039     Document Type: Article

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