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Mirage resolution of cosmological singularities

@article{Leblond2004MirageRO,
  title={Mirage resolution of cosmological singularities},
  author={Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric Leblond},
  journal={arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory},
  year={2004}
}
  • F. Leblond
  • Published 22 March 2004
  • Physics
  • arXiv: High Energy Physics - Theory
We study time-dependent backgrounds in the low energy regimes of string theories. In particular the emphasis is on the general study of exotic phenomena such as positive acceleration and gravitational bounces. We generalize the usual Hawking-Penrose cosmological singularity theorems to higher-dimensional spacetimes and discuss their implications for time-dependent solutions in supergravity theories. The explicit examples we consider fall in two categories. First we consider effective lower… 
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