Cosmic superstrings II

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 5, Issue 9-10 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1021-1029

  Copeland, Edmund J ^a   Myers, Robert C ^b   Polchinski, Joseph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic strings; Cosmology; Superstring theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644245755     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2004.10.008     Document Type: Short Survey

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