Cosmological problems with multiple axion-like fields

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  MacK, Katherine J ^a   Steinhardt, Paul J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

axions; physics of the early universe; string theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957965032     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/05/001     Document Type: Article

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