Accidental inflation in string theory

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Linde, Andrei ^a   Westphal, Alexander ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; Inflation; Power spectrum; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049131094     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/03/005     Document Type: Article

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