Initial conditions for inflation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 747-773

  Kaloper, Nemanja ^a,b   Kleban, Matthew ^a   Lawrence, Albion ^a,c,d   Shenker, Stephen ^a   Susskind, Leonard ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044450123     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/11/037     Document Type: Article

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