Cosmological consequences of nearly conformal dynamics at the TeV scale

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Konstandin, Thomas ^a   Servant, Géraldine ^a,b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; cosmological phase transitions; cosmology of the ories beyond the SM; Physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855365985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/12/009     Document Type: Article

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