Quantum gravity constraints on inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Conlon, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflation; Physics of the early universe; String theory and cosmology; Transplanck ian physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866878508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/09/019     Document Type: Article

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