Accelerating universes and string theory

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Balasubramanian, Vijay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 2542586328     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/10/007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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