P-nflation: Generating cosmic Inflation with p-forms

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Germani, Cristiano ^a   Kehagias, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Inflation, modified gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649099703     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/03/028     Document Type: Article

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