Dynamics with infinitely many derivatives: The initial value problem

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Barnaby, Neil ^a   Kamran, Niky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; String field theory; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549112677     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/02/008     Document Type: Article

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