Chasing brane inflation in string theory

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Krause, Axel ^a   Pajer, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749094343     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/07/023     Document Type: Article

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