Instanton cosmology and domain walls from M-theory and string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 543, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 321-364

  Bremer, M S ^a,b   Duff, M J ^c   Lu H ^d   Pope, C N ^c,e   Stelle, K S ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^e SISSA   (Italy)

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EID: 0033594049     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00764-0     Document Type: Article

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