Cosmology of the Lifshitz universe

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Calcagni, Gianluca ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; Models of quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350074186     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/09/112     Document Type: Article

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