D-brane anti-brane annihilation in an expanding universe

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 301-324

  Majumdar, Mahbub ^a   Davis, Anne Christine ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; D branes; Physics of the Early Universe; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144477919     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/12/012     Document Type: Article

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