Moduli as inflatons in heterotic M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Barreiro, Tiago ^a   De Carlos, Beatriz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the S; M Theory; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444235905     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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