Brane interaction as the origin of inflation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1279-1307

  Jones, Nicholas ^a   Stoica, Horace ^a   Tye, S H Henry ^a  

^a Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044488742     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/051     Document Type: Article

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