Cosmological creation of D-branes and anti-D-branes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1327-1354

  Majumdar, Mahbub ^a   Davis, Anne Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; D branes; Non perturbative Effects; Physics of the Early Universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043255876     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/056     Document Type: Article

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