Collisions of cosmic F- and D-strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 10, 2005, Pages 271-304

  Jackson, Mark G ^a,d   Jones, Nicholas T ^b,e   Polchinski, Joseph ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Newman Laboratory for Elementary Particle Physics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA FERMILAB ASTROPHYSICS CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544507234     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/10/013     Document Type: Article

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