Flux flattening in axion monodromy inflation

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2017)071zbMath1380.83312arXiv1703.09729OpenAlexW3124907168WikidataQ63353849 ScholiaQ63353849MaRDI QIDQ683168

Gianluca Zoccarato, Aitor Landete, Fernando Marchesano, Gary Shiu

Publication date: 5 February 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.09729

zbMATH Keywords

D-branesflux compactificationscosmology of theories beyond the SMcompactification and string models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

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