Bouncing universes in string theory?

Physica Scripta T

Volumn T117, Issue , 2005, Pages 64-69

  Polchinski, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNCING UNIVERSES; ENERGY FIELD THEORY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; STRING THEORY;

COSMOLOGY;

EID: 33646534670     PISSN: 02811847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1238/Physica.Topical.117a00064     Document Type: Article

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