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Inflation in String Theory

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Inflationary Cosmology

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 738))

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In this chapter we describe the recent progress achieved in the construction of inflationary models in the context of string theory with flux compactification and moduli stabilization. We also discuss a possibility to test string theory through cosmological observations.

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Kallosh, R. (2008). Inflation in String Theory. In: Lemoine, M., Martin, J., Peter, P. (eds) Inflationary Cosmology. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 738. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74353-8_4

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