Dark energy in perturbative string cosmology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1-19

  Banks, Tom ^a   Dine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

Author keywords

Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

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EID: 33744753770     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/10/012     Document Type: Article

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