Attraction to a radiation-like era in early superstring cosmologies

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 816, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 227-255

  Bourliot, François ^a   Kounnas, Costas ^b   Partouche, Hervé ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 64649096098     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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