Closed string tachyon condensation and worldsheet inflation

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Carneiro Da Cunha, Bruno ^a   Martinec, Emil J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; COSMOS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPACE; TACHYON; TIME;

EID: 85038983139     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.063502     Document Type: Article

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