Towards universal axion inflation and reheating in string theory

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 736, Issue , 2014, Pages 482-487

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Plauschinn, Erik ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 84907344347     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2014.08.007     Document Type: Article

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