Can string theory avoid cosmological singularities?

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 408, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 91-97

  Rama, S Kalyana ^a  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 0002659799     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-2693(97)00795-8     Document Type: Article

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