Inflection point inflation and time dependent potentials in string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Itzhaki, Nissan ^a   Kovetz, Ely D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748929659     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/054     Document Type: Article

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