Factor ordering problem in stochastic inflation

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Vilenkin, Alexander ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 17144398903     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.123506     Document Type: Article

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