Model universe with variable space dimension: Its dynamics and wave function

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Mansouri, Reza ^a   Nasseri, Forough ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

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EID: 17044364982     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.123512     Document Type: Article

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