On the new string theory inspired mechanism of generation of cosmological perturbations

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Kaloper, Nemanja ^a   Kofman, Lev ^b   Linde, Andrei ^c,d   Mukhanov, Viatcheslav ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749099961     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/10/006     Document Type: Review

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