A New Test of Inflation
- 26 August 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 77 (9) , 1687-1690
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.1687
Abstract
We discuss a new test of inflation from the harmonic pattern of peaks in the cosmic microwave background radiation angular power spectrum. By characterizing the features of alternate models and revealing signatures essentially unique to inflation, we show that inflation could be validated by the next generation of experiments.Keywords
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