"Finite" non-Gaussianities and tensor-scalar ratio in large volume Swiss-cheese compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 810, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 174-192

  Misra, Aalok ^a   Shukla, Pramod ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

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EID: 57749103906     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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