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hep-th1998
Cosmology and Heterotic M-Theory in Five-Dimensions
Andre Lukas, Burt A. Ovrut, Daniel Waldram
In these lectures, we present cosmological vacuum solutions of Horava-Witten theory and discuss their physical properties. We begin by deriving the five-dimensional effective actio…
hep-th1998
The Cosmology of M-Theory and Type II Superstrings
Andre Lukas, Burt A. Ovrut, Daniel Waldram
We review cosmological solutions of type II superstrings and M-theory, emphasizing the role of non-vanishing Ramond form backgrounds. Compactifications on flat and, more generally,…