Improved Estimates of Cosmological Perturbations
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We recently derived exact solutions for the scalar, vector, and tensor mode functions of a single, minimally coupled scalar plus gravity in an arbitrary homogeneous and isotropic background. These solutions are applied to obtain improved estimates for the primordial scalar and tensor power spectra of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background. PACS numbers: 04.30.Nk, 04.62.+v, 98.80.Cq, 98.80.Hw † e-mail: [email protected] ‡ e-mail: [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2003