Towards a non-singular pre-big-bang cosmology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 494, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 315-328

  Gasperini, M ^a,c   Maggiore, M ^b   Veneziano, G ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

String cosmology; String effective action; function equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031560870     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00149-1     Document Type: Article

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