A note on α-vacua and interacting field theory in de Sitter space

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 669, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 325-340

  Goldstein, Kevin ^a   Lowe, David A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0041382357     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.07.014     Document Type: Article

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