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Inflation and scalar spectral index
I've been reading that the results from the Planck satellite constrain a number called the "scalar spectral index" to be 0.96 rather than 1 at the 5-sigma level.
This is supposed to be big news, but ...
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CMB anisotropies and tightly coupled limit
Sorry if this is a technical question. I am studying the origin of CMB anisotropies and the tightly coupled limit of the Boltzmann equations. We have a fluid composed of ionized electrons and photons.
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