A minimal inflation scenario

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Álvarez Gaumé, Luis ^a   SarGómez, Ce ^b   Jimenez, Raul ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA TEÓRICA UAM CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ination; physics of the early universe; string theory and cosmology; supersymmetry and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953649966     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/027     Document Type: Article

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