Simplified chain inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Huang, Qing Guo ^a  

^a Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547573115     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/05/009     Document Type: Article

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