Self-consistent bounce: An improved nucleation rate

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Bergner, Yoav ^a   Bettencourt, Luís M A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 1642320841     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.045012     Document Type: Article

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