Cosmic acceleration and M-theory

XIVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics: Lisbon, 28 July - 2 August 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 655-662

  Townsend, Paul K ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1142/9789812704016_0067     Document Type: Chapter

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