Chern-Simons EM-flation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Martinec, E ^a,b   Adshead, Peter ^a,c   Wyman, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; D branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873642434     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2013)027     Document Type: Article

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