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hep-th2007★ 101 cited
Comparing Brane Inflation to WMAP
Rachel Bean, Sarah E. Shandera, S. H. Henry Tye +1
We compare the simplest realistic brane inflationary model to recent cosmological data, including WMAP 3-year cosmic microwave background (CMB) results, Sloan Digital Sky Survey lu…
hep-th2006★ 29 cited
Cosmology of the Tachyon in Brane Inflation
Louis Leblond, Sarah Shandera
In certain implementations of the brane inflationary paradigm, the exit from inflation occurs when the branes annihilate through tachyon condensation. We investigate various cosmol…
hep-th2006★ 119 cited
Observing Brane Inflation
Sarah E. Shandera, S. -H. Henry Tye
Linking the slow-roll scenario and the Dirac-Born-Infeld scenario of ultra-relativistic roll (where, thanks to the warp factor, the inflaton moves slowly even with an ultra-relativ…