Effective field theory approach to string gas cosmology

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Battefeld, Thorsten ^a   Watson, Scott ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology with extra dimensions; Physics of the early universe; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244456853     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2004/06/001     Document Type: Article

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