Cosmic superstring scattering in backgrounds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Jackson, Mark G ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; String theory and cosmic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749396904     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/09/071     Document Type: Article

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