Anthropic Approach to the Cosmological Constant Problems

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1193-1209

  Vilenkin, Alexander ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropic selection; Cosmological constant; Dark energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345865250     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025750314289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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