A new solution for inflation

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 372-376

  Faraoni, Valerio ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c NONE

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04; 90

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EID: 23044523415     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: 19432909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1290250     Document Type: Article

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