Inflation in Kaluza-Klein theory: Relation between the fine-structure constant and the cosmological constant

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 1998, Pages

  Li, Li Xin ^a   Gott, J Richard ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1542630701     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.103513     Document Type: Article

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