Modular cosmology, thermal inflation, baryogenesis and a prediction for particle accelerators

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1227-1244

  Jeong, Donghui ^a   Park, Wan Il ^a   Stewart, Ewan D ^a   Kadota, Kenji ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044495807     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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