Massive boson-fermion degeneracy and the early structure of the universe

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1143-1156

  Kounnas, Costas ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 55549119279     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: 15213978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.200810570     Document Type: Article

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