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Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation

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Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation. / Dimopoulos, Konstantinos; Wills, Danielle; Zavala, Ivonne.
In: Nuclear Physics B, Vol. 868, No. 1, 01.03.2013, p. 120-155.

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Dimopoulos, K, Wills, D & Zavala, I 2013, 'Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation', Nuclear Physics B, vol. 868, no. 1, pp. 120-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.11.010

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Dimopoulos, K., Wills, D., & Zavala, I. (2013). Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation. Nuclear Physics B, 868(1), 120-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.11.010

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Dimopoulos K, Wills D, Zavala I. Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation. Nuclear Physics B. 2013 Mar 1;868(1):120-155. Epub 2012 Nov 14. doi: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.11.010

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Dimopoulos, Konstantinos ; Wills, Danielle ; Zavala, Ivonne. / Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane Inflation. In: Nuclear Physics B. 2013 ; Vol. 868, No. 1. pp. 120-155.

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