Quintessence from m-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Townsend, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondance; Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; M Theory; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744778125     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/042     Document Type: Article

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