The cosmological slingshot scenario: A stringy early times universe

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Germani, Cristiano ^a,b,c   Grandi, Nicolás ^c,d,e   Kehagias, Alex ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

^d IFLP CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^e ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 46649103453     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/13/135004     Document Type: Article

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