Photon mass generation during inflation: De Sitter invariant case

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 4, 2004, Pages 139-167

  Prokopec, Tomislav ^a   Puchwein, Ewald ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflation; Magnetic fields; Quantum field theory on curved space

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744230642     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2004/04/007     Document Type: Article

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