Killing the straw man: Does BICEP prove inflation at the GUT scale?

Dent, James B.; Krauss, Lawrence M.; Mathur, Harsh

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2014.07.046

Title: Killing the straw man: Does BICEP prove inflation at the GUT scale?

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Physics Letters. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2014.07.046· OSTI ID:1197708

Dent, James B.; Krauss, Lawrence M.; Mathur, Harsh

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