Enlarging minimal-supergravity parameter space by decreasing pre-nucleosynthesis Hubble rate in scalar-tensor cosmologies

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Catena, Riccardo ^a   Fornengo, Nicolao ^b,c   Masiero, Antonio ^d,e   Pietroni, Massimo ^e   Schelke, Mia ^c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classical theories of gravity; Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Supergravity models; Supersymmetry phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149286405     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/003     Document Type: Article

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