Graceful exit in quantum string cosmology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 472, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 349-360

  Gasperini, M ^a,c   Maharana, J ^b   Veneziano, G ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Quantum cosmology; String cosmology; Wheeler De Witt equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030597899     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00201-5     Document Type: Article

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