On the initial conditions in new ekpyrotic cosmology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Buchbinder, Evgeny I ^a   Khoury, Justin ^a   Ovrut, Burt A ^b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Spacetime singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849020087     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/076     Document Type: Article

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