Brane inflation revisited after WMAP five-year results

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Ma, Yin Zhe ^a   Zhang, Xin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; Inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649089460     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/03/006     Document Type: Article

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