Gravity- and non-gravity-mediated couplings in multiple-field inflation
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عنوان ژورنال: Classical and Quantum Gravity
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0264-9381,1361-6382
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/12/124004