Towards multi-field D-brane inflation in a warped throat

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Heng Yu ^a   Gong, Jinn Ouk ^b   Koyama, Kazuya ^c   Tasinato, Gianmassimo ^d  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflation; Physics of the early universe; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649823479     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/11/034     Document Type: Article

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