Cosmology of the tachyon in brane inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Leblond, Louis ^a   Shandera, Sarah ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749103833     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/01/009     Document Type: Article

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