Loop quantum cosmology, boundary proposals, and inflation

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Bojowald, Martin ^a   Vandersloot, Kevin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMOS; DENSITY; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PARAMETER; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0041627402     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.124023     Document Type: Article

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