Cosmology from moduli dynamics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1423-1461

  Biswas, Tirthabir ^a   Jaikumar, Prashanth ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Gauge Symmetry; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044454257     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/08/053     Document Type: Article

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