On the spectrum of fluctuations in an effective field theory of the ekpyrotic universe

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1-16

  Brandenberger, Robert ^a   Finelli, Fabio ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Physics of the Early Universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043255852     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/056     Document Type: Article

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