Quantum tunneling in flux compactifications

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Blanco Pillado, Jose J ^a   Schwartz Perlov, Delia ^a   Vilenkin, Alexander ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; Cosmology with extra dimensions; Inflation, string theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149192761     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2009/12/006     Document Type: Article

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