1996/02/29 by Wayne Hu, Martin White · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #astro-ph #gr-qc #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.77.1687
published as Phys.Rev.Lett.77:1687-1690,1996 · 5pgs, revtex, 2 figs.; minor revisions reflect published version; supporting material at http://www.sns.ias.edu/~whu
arxiv created 1996/08/18 · openalex publication_date 1996/08/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
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.