A terminal velocity on the landscape: Particle production near extra species loci in higher dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Battefeld, Diana ^a   Battefeld, Thorsten ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Gauge symmetry; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954971652     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2010)063     Document Type: Article

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