Accelerated expansion and the Goldstone ghost

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1601-1612

  Holdom, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Space Time Symmetries

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EID: 23044432817     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/063     Document Type: Article

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