Flat tree-level inflationary potentials in the light of cosmic microwave background and large scale structure data

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Ballesteros, G ^a,b   Casas, J A ^a   Espinosa, J R ^a   Ruiz De Austri, R ^a   Trotta, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049097517     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/03/018     Document Type: Article

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