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The data strongly supports the ideathat the universe underwent a period of``inflation" at some very early time (t » 10-36 sec).

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Production of supersymmetric particles

From Particle Data Group

Detailed experimentalStudies from LEP,

Fermilab

Lifetime of order current experimentalLimit (1033 years)

Signature: Proton Decay

Signature: Proton DecayLifetime » 1033 years

Open StringClosed String

IIA

IIBE8 x E8

O(32)

Type I

11-d

M4 xS1

X

G

gq

Standard Brane Hidden Brane

V(R)

R

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Decay of Kaluza-KleinVacuum – to nothing

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