Fluxbrane inflation

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 854, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 509-551

  Hebecker, Arthur ^a   Kraus, Sebastian C ^a   Lüst, Dieter ^b,c,d   Steinfurt, Stephan ^a   Weigand, Timo ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 80054070699     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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