Aligned Natural Inflation in String Theory

@article{Long2014AlignedNI,
  title={Aligned Natural Inflation in String Theory},
  author={Cody Long and Liam McAllister and Pauline McGuirk},
  journal={Physical Review D},
  year={2014},
  volume={90},
  pages={023501}
}
The authors discuss type IIB string theory realizations of Kim-Nilles-Peloso (KNP) multiple axion inflation, which provides a super-Planckian effective axion decay constant, necessary for UV stable realistic slow roll inflation. 
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