Constraints on brane inflation and cosmic strings

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Battye, Richard A ^a   Garbrecht, Björn ^b   Moss, Adam ^c   Stoica, Horace ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMBR experiments; CMBR theory; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949162008     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/01/020     Document Type: Article

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