O(d,d) symmetry in quantum cosmology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 477, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 549-563

  Kehagias, Alexandros A ^a   Lukas, André ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

O(d,d) duality; Quantum cosmology; String cosmology; Wheeler de Witt equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030583440     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00393-8     Document Type: Article

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