Nonsingular instantons for the creation of open universes

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  González Díaz, Pedro F ^a  

^a CSIC Centro de Fisica Miguel A Catalan CFMAC   (Spain)

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EID: 16644394972     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.043509     Document Type: Article

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