Nonperturbative dynamics for abstract [Formula Presented] string networks

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 1998, Pages

  Markopoulou, Fotini ^a   Smolin, Lee ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85039008672     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.084033     Document Type: Article

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