Basic results in vacuum statistics

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 5, Issue 9-10 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 965-977

  Douglas, Michael R ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

String theory vacua; Vacuum statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644223351     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2004.09.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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