An effect of α′ corrections on racetrack inflation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 943-954

  Greene, Brian R ^a   Weltman, Amanda ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; DS vacua in string theory; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645685962     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/03/035     Document Type: Review

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