Models of modular inflation and their phenomenological consequences

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Ben Dayan, Ido ^a   Brustein, Ram ^a   De Alwis, Senarath P ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749141414     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/07/011     Document Type: Article

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