String gas cosmology and structure formation

Modern Physics Letters A

Volumn 22, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages 1875-1885

  Brandenberger, Robert H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmology; String theory; Structure formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748833493     PISSN: 02177323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0217732307025091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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