TeV scale gravity, mirror universe and... dinosaurs

Acta Physica Polonica B

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 99-128

  Silagadze, Z K ^a  

^a BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; MIRRORS;

DINOSAUR EXTINCTION; EXTENDED VERSIONS; MIRROR WORLDS; SCALE GRAVITY; SPATIAL DIMENSION;

TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0002777125     PISSN: 05874254     EISSN: 15095770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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