String theory and hybrid inflation/acceleration

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1-20

  Herdeiro, Carlos ^a   Hirano, Shinji ^a   Kallosh, Renata ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Extended Supersymmetry; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744769412     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/12/027     Document Type: Article

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