Problems with tachyon inflation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 141-152

  Kofman, Lev ^a   Linde, Andrei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044463609     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/004     Document Type: Article

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