The quantum theory of the quadratic gravity action for heterotic strings

DOI10.1023/A:1020736626961zbMath1031.83014arXivgr-qc/0201002WikidataQ125740689 ScholiaQ125740689MaRDI QIDQ1863109

Hugh Luckock, Simon Davis

Publication date: 11 March 2003

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0201002

zbMATH Keywords

inflation; Wheeler-DeWitt equation; quantum cosmology; string effective action; heterotic string; functional integral; quadratic gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

83E30: String and superstring theories in gravitational theory

83C45: Quantization of the gravitational field

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories

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