Quantum inhomogeneities in string cosmology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

  Buonanno, Alessandra ^a,d   Meissner, Krzysztof A ^b   Ungarelli, Carlo ^c   Veneziano, Gabriele ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Models of Quantum Gravity; Physics of the Early Universe; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645936703     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/01/004     Document Type: Article

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