Unitarity-violation in generalized Higgs inflation models

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Lerne, Rose N ^a   McDonald, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmology of theories beyond the SM; inflation; particle physics cosmology connection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870268074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/11/019     Document Type: Article

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