Observable effects of anisotropic bubble nucleation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Blanco Pillado, Jose J ^a   Michael, P Salem ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; inflation; initial conditions and eternal universe; string theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954256310     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/07/007     Document Type: Article

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