The cosmology of massless string modes

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Patil, Subodh P ^a,b,c,d   Brandenberger, Robert H ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmology with extra dimensions; Extra dimensions; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645676571     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2006/01/005     Document Type: Article

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