2013/03/31 by Yi Wang · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph.CO #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0253-6102/62/1/19
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
arxiv created 2013/06/05 · arxiv updated 2015/06/15
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.