Observing brane inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Shandera, Sarah E ^a   Tye, S H Henry ^a  

^a Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749101811     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/05/007     Document Type: Article

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