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Simulations of the end of supersymmetric hybrid inflation and nontopological soliton formation. / Broadhead, Matt; McDonald, John.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 72, No. 4, 15.08.2005, p. 043519.

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Broadhead M, McDonald J. Simulations of the end of supersymmetric hybrid inflation and nontopological soliton formation. Physical Review D. 2005 Aug 15;72(4):043519. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.043519

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Broadhead, Matt ; McDonald, John. / Simulations of the end of supersymmetric hybrid inflation and nontopological soliton formation. In: Physical Review D. 2005 ; Vol. 72, No. 4. pp. 043519.

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