Asymptotically safe cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Hindmarsh, Mark ^a   Litim, Daniel ^a   Rahmede, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

inflation; physics of the early universe; quantum gravity phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961225334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/07/019     Document Type: Article

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