A cigar-like universe

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 911-927

  De Carlos, Beatriz ^a,b   Moreno, Jesus M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extra Large Dimensions; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044474367     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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