The confining heterotic brane gas: A non-inflationary solution to the entropy and horizon problems of standard cosmology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1859-1871

  Brandenberger, Robert ^a   Shuhmaher, Natalia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; p branes

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EID: 33645531875     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/074     Document Type: Article

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