Scalar perturbations in p-nflation: The 3-form case

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Germani, Cristiano ^a   Kehagias, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cosmological perturbation theory; Inflation; Modified gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449813001     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/11/005     Document Type: Article

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