Eternity and the cosmological constant

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Álvarez, Enrique ^a   Vidal, Roberto ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Field theories in higher dimensions; Gauge gravity correspondence; Models of quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350764992     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/10/045     Document Type: Article

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