Instanton transition in thermal and moduli deformed de Sitter cosmology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 793, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 131-159

  Kounnas, Costas ^a   Partouche, Hervé ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Inflation; Instanton; Thermal field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049165161     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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