Textures and semi-local strings in supersymmetric hybrid inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Battye, Richard A ^a   Garbrecht, Björn ^b   Pilaftsis, Apostolos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Cosmic strings; Domain walls; Inflation; Monopoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449123290     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/09/020     Document Type: Article

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