The non-Abelian gauge theory of matrix big bangs

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  O'Loughlina, Martin ^a   Serib, Lorenzo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gauge gravity correspondence; M(atrix) theories; Spacetime singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955007329     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2010)036     Document Type: Article

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