Closed strings in Misner space: Stringy fuzziness with a twist

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 10, 2004, Pages 17-44

  Berkooz, M ^a   Durin, B ^b   Pioline, B ^b,c   Reichmann, D ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b LPTHE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244447072     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2004/10/002     Document Type: Article

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