Spatial curvature falsifies eternal inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Kleban, Matthew ^a   Schillo, Marjorie ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; ination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863477291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/06/029     Document Type: Article

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