A matrix big bang

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 10, 2005, Pages 85-106

  Craps, Ben ^a   Sethi, Savdeep ^b   Verlinde, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

M(atrix) Theories; Models of Quantum Gravity; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544455845     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/10/005     Document Type: Article

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