Exploring a string-like landscape

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Frazer, Jonathan ^a   Liddle, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ination; string theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952599807     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/02/026     Document Type: Article

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