Five-brane dynamics and inflation in heterotic M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 314-344

  Buchbinder, Evgeny I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 14644440868     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.01.015     Document Type: Article

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