Inflating in a trough: Single-field effective theory from multiple-field curved valleys

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Burgess, C P ^a,b   Horbatsch, M W ^a,c   Patil, Subodh P ^d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873315947     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2013)133     Document Type: Article

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