Axions, inflation and the anthropic principle

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  MacK, Katherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961211687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/07/021     Document Type: Article

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