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Modeling quintessential inflation. / Dimopoulos, Konstantinos; Valle, Jose Wagner Furtado.
In: Astroparticle Physics, Vol. 18, No. 3, 12.2002, p. 287-306.

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Dimopoulos, K & Valle, JWF 2002, 'Modeling quintessential inflation.', Astroparticle Physics, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00115-9

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Dimopoulos, K., & Valle, J. W. F. (2002). Modeling quintessential inflation. Astroparticle Physics, 18(3), 287-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00115-9

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Dimopoulos K, Valle JWF. Modeling quintessential inflation. Astroparticle Physics. 2002 Dec;18(3):287-306. doi: 10.1016/S0927-6505(02)00115-9

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Dimopoulos, Konstantinos ; Valle, Jose Wagner Furtado. / Modeling quintessential inflation. In: Astroparticle Physics. 2002 ; Vol. 18, No. 3. pp. 287-306.

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