DBI realizations of the pseudo-conformal universe and Galilean Genesis scenarios

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Hinterbichler, Kurt ^a,b   Joyce, Austin ^b   Khoury, Justin ^b   Miller, Godfrey E J ^b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternatives to inflation; initial conditions and eternal universe; particle physics cosmology connection; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871765119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/12/030     Document Type: Article

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