The cosmology of string theoretic axions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 505, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 445-460

  Banks, Tom ^a   Dine, Michael ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

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EID: 0031563987     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00413-6     Document Type: Article

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