Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Frequently used symbols
- Preface
- 1 Overview
- Part I Relativity
- Part II The Universe after the first second
- Part III Field theory
- Part IV Inflation and the early Universe
- 18 Slow-roll inflation
- 19 Inflation with modified gravity
- 20 Multi-field dynamics
- 21 Reheating and phase transitions
- 22 Thermal equilibrium and the origin of baryon number
- 23 Cold dark matter and dark energy
- 24 Generating field perturbations at horizon exit
- 25 Generating ζ at horizon exit
- 26 Generating ζ after horizon exit
- 27 Generating primordial isocurvature perturbations
- 28 Slow-roll inflation and observation
- 29 Perspective
- Appendix A Spherical functions
- Appendix B Constants and parameters
- Index
26 - Generating ζ after horizon exit
from Part IV - Inflation and the early Universe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Frequently used symbols
- Preface
- 1 Overview
- Part I Relativity
- Part II The Universe after the first second
- Part III Field theory
- Part IV Inflation and the early Universe
- 18 Slow-roll inflation
- 19 Inflation with modified gravity
- 20 Multi-field dynamics
- 21 Reheating and phase transitions
- 22 Thermal equilibrium and the origin of baryon number
- 23 Cold dark matter and dark energy
- 24 Generating field perturbations at horizon exit
- 25 Generating ζ at horizon exit
- 26 Generating ζ after horizon exit
- 27 Generating primordial isocurvature perturbations
- 28 Slow-roll inflation and observation
- 29 Perspective
- Appendix A Spherical functions
- Appendix B Constants and parameters
- Index
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- The Primordial Density PerturbationCosmology, Inflation and the Origin of Structure, pp. 424 - 436Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009