Fine-tuning in DBI inflationary mechanism

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Xingang ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249126274     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/12/009     Document Type: Article

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