TY - JOUR A1 - Zhuk, Alexandre A1 - Gunther, U. T1 - Massive scalar fields in the early universe N2 - We discuss the role of gravitational excitons/radions in different cosmological scenarios. Gravitational excitons are massive moduli fields which describe conformal excitations of the internal spaces and which, due to their Planck-scale suppressed coupling to matter fields, are WIMPs. It is demonstrated that, depending on the concrete scenario, observational cosmological data set strong restrictions on the allowed masses and initial oscillation amplitudes of these particles Y1 - 2004 SN - 0218-2718 ER -