Moduli-induced axion problem

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Higaki, Tetsutaro ^a   Nakayama, Kazunori ^b   Takahashi, Fuminobu ^c  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881451109     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2013)005     Document Type: Article

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