The N-vaton

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Huang, Qing Guo ^a  

^a Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; Cosmological perturbation theory; Physics of the early universe; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449126940     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/09/017     Document Type: Article

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