Disturbing implications of a cosmological constant

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 239-258

  Dyson, Lisa ^a,b   Kleban, Matthew ^a   Susskind, Leonard ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Holes in String Theory; Physics of the Early Universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044470230     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/011     Document Type: Article

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