Model-dependent axion as quintessence with almost massless hidden sector quarks

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Kim, Jihn E ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Supergravity Models; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044249729     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/06/016     Document Type: Article

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