The emergent universe: An explicit construction

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 233-249

  Ellis, George F R ^a   Murugan, Jeff ^a   Tsagas, Christos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 0346801822     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/1/016     Document Type: Article

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