An inflaton mass problem in string inflation from threshold corrections to volume stabilization

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  McAllister, Liam ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644661822     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/02/010     Document Type: Article

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