O(d, d)-invariant collapse/inflation from colliding superstring waves

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 10 PART B, 2000, Pages 12-17

  Bozza, Valerio ^a,c   Veneziano, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI NAPOLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; Physics of the Early Universe; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044226380     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/10/035     Document Type: Article

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