Cosmological constraints on string scale and coupling arising from tachyonic instability

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2163-2173

  Enqvist, Kari ^a   Jokinen, Asko ^b   Mazumdar, Anupam ^b   Multamäki, Tuomas ^b   Väihkönen, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944432572     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/084     Document Type: Article

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