Preheating of massive fermions after inflation: Analytical results

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Peloso, Marco ^a   Sorbo, Lorenzo ^a  

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Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Physics of the Early Universe

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EID: 7644232223     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/016     Document Type: Article

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