The cosmological constant problem and inflation in the string landscape

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1925-1962

  Huang, Qing Guo ^a,b   Henry Tye, S H ^b,c  

^a Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^c Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane world; Cosmological constant problem; Inflation; String landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349129622     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X0904316X     Document Type: Article

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