Null brane intersections

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 705-725

  Bachas, Constantin ^a   Hull, Chris ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; D branes; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044515468     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/12/035     Document Type: Article

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