CMB imprints of a pre-inflationary climbing phase

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dudas, E ^a,b,c   Kitazawa, N ^d   Patil, S P ^b,e   Sagnotti, A ^f  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; inflation; string theory and cosmology; supersymmetry and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861049574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/05/012     Document Type: Article

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