Non-perturbative gravity, the Hagedorn bounce and the cosmic microwave background

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Biswas, Tirthabir ^a   Brandenberger, Robert ^a   Mazumdar, Anupam ^b   Siegel, Warren ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity; Physics of the early universe; Quantum gravity phenomenology; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049092069     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/12/011     Document Type: Article

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