Moduli stabilization in brane gas cosmology with superpotentials

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 8, 2005, Pages 207-232

  Berndsen, Aaron ^a   Biswas, Tirthabir ^a   Cline, James M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644480079     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2005/08/012     Document Type: Review

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