Theory of cosmological perturbations

Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems

Guth, A. H. (1981) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.23.347 · Cited by 9,983 · see citing works

A new type of isotropic cosmological models without singularity

Starobinsky, A. A. (1980) · Physics Letters B · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(80)90670-x · Cited by 7,677 · see citing works

Perturbations of a Cosmological Model and Angular Variations of the Microwave Background

Sachs, R. K., & Wolfe, A. M. (1967) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.1086/148982 · Cited by 1,815 · see citing works

First-order phase transition of a vacuum and the expansion of the Universe

Sato, K. (1981) · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · doi:10.1093/mnras/195.3.467 · Cited by 1,792 · see citing works

Trace anomalies and the Hawking effect

Christensen, S. M., & Fulling, S. A. (1977) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.15.2088 · Cited by 701 · see citing works

Trace anomaly of a conformally invariant quantum field in curved spacetime

Wald, R. M. (1978) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.17.1477 · Cited by 326 · see citing works

A more accurate analytic calculation of the spectrum of cosmological perturbations produced during inflation

Stewart, E. D., & Lyth, D. H. (1993) · Physics Letters B · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(93)90379-v · Cited by 647 · see citing works

Towards a nonsingular bouncing cosmology

Cai, Y.-F., Easson, D. A., & Brandenberger, R. (2012) · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2012/08/020 · Cited by 439 · see citing works

A systematic approach to generalisations of General Relativity and their cosmological implications

Heisenberg, L. (2019) · Physics Reports · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2018.11.006 · Cited by 419 · see citing works

Cosmological observations in scalar-tensor quintessence

Riazuelo, A., & Uzan, J.-P. (2002) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.66.023525 · Cited by 227 · see citing works

Bouncing Galileon cosmologies

Qiu, T., Evslin, J., Cai, Y.-F., Li, M., & Zhang, X. (2011) · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2011/10/036 · Cited by 206 · see citing works

Constraints on a new post-general relativity cosmological parameter

Caldwell, R., Cooray, A., & Melchiorri, A. (2007) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.76.023507 · Cited by 140 · see citing works

Constraining slow-roll inflation with WMAP and 2dF

Leach, S. M., & Liddle, A. R. (2003) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.68.123508 · Cited by 135 · see citing works

Horizon Ratio Bound for Inflationary Fluctuations

Dodelson, S., & Hui, L. (2003) · Physical Review Letters · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.91.131301 · Cited by 134 · see citing works

Amplification of cosmological inhomogeneities by the QCD transition

Schmid, C., Schwarz, D. J., & Widerin, P. (1999) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.59.043517 · Cited by 132 · see citing works

Can we see Lorentz-violating vector fields in the CMB?

Lim, E. A. (2005) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.71.063504 · Cited by 133 · see citing works

UNIVERSE IN A BLACK HOLE IN EINSTEIN–CARTAN GRAVITY

Popławski, N. (2016) · The Astrophysical Journal · doi:10.3847/0004-637x/832/2/96 · Cited by 91 · see citing works

Nonperturbative quantum dynamics of a new inflation model

Boyanovsky, D., Cormier, D., de Vega, H. J., Holman, R., & Kumar, S. P. (1998) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.57.2166 · Cited by 86 · see citing works

Cosmological perturbations in massive bigravity

Lagos, M., & Ferreira, P. G. (2014) · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2014/12/026 · Cited by 81 · see citing works

A new perspective on DGP gravity

Gregory, R., Kaloper, N., Myers, R. C., & Padilla, A. (2007) · Journal of High Energy Physics · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/069 · Cited by 77 · see citing works

Linear response, validity of semiclassical gravity, and the stability of flat space

Anderson, P. R., Molina-París, C., & Mottola, E. (2003) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.67.024026 · Cited by 73 · see citing works

In What Sense Is the Early Universe Fine-Tuned?

Carroll, S. M. (2014) · arXiv · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1406.3057 · Cited by 87 · see citing works

A critical review of inflation

Turok, N. (2002) · Classical and Quantum Gravity · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/13/305 · Cited by 58 · see citing works

Cosmological constraints on slow roll inflation: An update

Forconi, M., Giarè, W., Di Valentino, E., & Melchiorri, A. (2021) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.104.103528 · Cited by 48 · see citing works

Cosmological perturbation theory in generalized Einstein-Aether models

Battye, R. A., Pace, F., & Trinh, D. (2017) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.96.064041 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

Observing the Multiverse with Cosmic Wakes

Kleban, M., Levi, T. S., & Sigurdson, K. (2011) · arXiv · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1109.3473 · Cited by 28

Possibility of Observable Amount of Gravitational Waves from Inflation

Pilo, L., Riotto, A., & Zaffaroni, A. (2004) · Physical Review Letters · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.92.201303 · Cited by 19 · see citing works

Can backreaction prevent eternal inflation?

Brandenberger, R., Costa, R., & Franzmann, G. (2015) · Physical Review D · doi:10.1103/physrevd.92.043517 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

A phase space approach to gravitational entropy

Rothman, T. (2000) · General Relativity and Gravitation · doi:10.1023/a:1001938114706 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Hamiltonian dynamics and the entropy of the gravitational field

Rothman, T., & Anninos, P. (1997) · Physics Letters A · doi:10.1016/s0375-9601(96)00841-9 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Energy conditions allow eternal inflation

Kontou, E.-A., & Olum, K. D. (2021) · Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2021/03/097 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Geometry-information duality: Quantum entanglement contributions to gravitational dynamics

Neukart, F. (2025) · Annals of Physics · doi:10.1016/j.aop.2025.170044 · Cited by 4 · see citing works