Advances in Astronomy
Volume 2010 (2010), Article ID 752670, 21 pages
doi:10.1155/2010/752670
Review Article
Non-Gaussianity and Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Field Populated Inflationary Models
1Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Galilei”, Università degli Studi di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
2INFN, Sezione di Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
3CERN, Theory Division, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Received 22 January 2010; Accepted 12 April 2010
Academic Editor: Eiichiro Komatsu
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