Poly-instanton inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Cicoli, Michele ^a   Pedro, Francisco G ^b   Tasinato, Gianmassimo ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; Inflation; physics of the early universe; string theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855380886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/12/022     Document Type: Article

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