Brane inflation and the WMAP data: A Bayesian analysis

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Lorenz, Larissa ^a   Martin, Jérôme ^a   Ringeval, Christophe ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CMBR theory; cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; physics of the early universe; string theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879039062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/04/001     Document Type: Article

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