On the possibility of large axion decay constants

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1-14

  Banks, Tom ^a   Dine, Michael ^a   Fox, P J ^a   Gorbatov, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

Axions; Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044500056     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2003/06/001     Document Type: Review

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