Inflationary de Sitter solutions from superstrings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 795, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 334-360

  Kounnas, Costas ^a   Partouche, Hervé ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

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EID: 39149113787     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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