title: Chaos in superstring cosmology
abstract: It is shown that the general solution near a spacelike singularity of the Einstein-dilaton- p-form field equations relevant to superstring theories and M theory exhibits an oscillatory behavior of the Belinskii-Khalatnikov-Lifshitz type. String dualities play a significant role in the analysis.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, 35, route de Chartres, F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France and and Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-4030, USA.
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Damour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Henneaux