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hep-th2012★ 65 cited
Consistency condition for inflation from (broken) conformal symmetry
Koenraad Schalm, Gary Shiu, Ted van der Aalst
We investigate the symmetry constraints on the bispectrum, i.e. the three-point correlation function of primordial density fluctuations, in slow-roll inflation. It follows from the…
hep-th2012★ 37 cited
Soft branes in supersymmetry-breaking backgrounds
Paul McGuirk, Gary Shiu, Fang Ye
We revisit the analysis of effective field theories resulting from non-supersymmetric perturbations to supersymmetric flux compactifications of the type-IIB superstring with an eye…