Multiple inflation, cosmic string networks and the string landscape

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1856-1879

  Burgess, Clifford P ^a,b,c   Easther, Richard ^d   Mazumdar, Anupam ^c   Mota, David F ^f,g   Multamäki, Tuomas ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^d Yale University   (United States)

^e NORDITA   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444432157     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/05/067     Document Type: Article

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