Quantization of parameters and the string landscape problem

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Bouhmadi López, Mariam ^a,b,c   Vargas Moniz, Paulo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflation; Quantum field theory on curved space; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547593452     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/05/005     Document Type: Article

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