String and M-theory cosmological solutions with Ramond forms

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 495, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 365-399

  Lukas, André ^a   Ovrut, Burt A ^a,b   Waldram, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology; M theory; Ramond forms; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031584341     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00194-6     Document Type: Article

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