Bifid throats for axion monodromy inflation

DOI10.1007/JHEP07(2015)099zbMath1388.83318arXiv1504.02103MaRDI QIDQ2635619

Alexander Westphal, Ander Retolaza, Angel M. Uranga

Publication date: 31 May 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.02103

zbMATH Keywords

D-branesgauge-gravity correspondenceflux compactificationscosmology of theories beyond the SM

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

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