Instanton effects in string cosmology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 508, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 391-408

  Behrndt, Klaus ^a   Förste, Stefan ^b   Schwager, Stefan ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosmology; Instantons; Quantum corrections; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031584039     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)80018-1     Document Type: Article

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