S-brane to thermal non-singular string cosmology

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Kounnas, Costas ^a   Partouche, Hervé ^b   Toumbas, Nicolaos ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 84859895726     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/9/095014     Document Type: Article

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