Successful modular cosmology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 283-301

  Kadota, Kenji ^a   Stewart, Ewan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044444887     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/07/013     Document Type: Article

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