Holomorphic selection rules, the origin of the μ term, and thermal inflation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Morrissey, David E ^a   Wells, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Discrete and finite symmetries; Supersymmetric effective theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947641617     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/102     Document Type: Article

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