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Inflation, Cosmic Perturbations and Non-Gaussianities

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-15 v3 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We review the theory of inflationary perturbations. Perturbations at both linear and nonlinear orders are reviewed. We also review a variety of inflation models, emphasizing their signatures on cosmic perturbations.

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@article{arxiv.1303.1523,
  title  = {Inflation, Cosmic Perturbations and Non-Gaussianities},
  author = {Yi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1523},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

84 pages, 36 figures. Based on lectures given at the 7th Asian Winter School on Strings, Particles and Cosmology. v2: observational aspects updated, references added, typos corrected. v3: references added, typos corrected, version to appear on Commun. Theor. Phys. Comments are welcome

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