Quantization of four-form fluxes and dynamical neutralization of the cosmological constant

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Bousso, Raphael ^a   Polchinski, Joseph ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; M Theory; p branes; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044222519     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/06/006     Document Type: Article

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