String cosmology — Large-field inflation in string theory

DOI10.1142/S0217751X15300240zbMath1314.83007arXiv1409.5350OpenAlexW3106094471MaRDI QIDQ5252760

Alexander Westphal

Publication date: 3 June 2015

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.5350

zbMATH Keywords

inflationstring compactification4D string vacua

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02)

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