A priori probability distribution of the cosmological constant

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2000, Pages

  Weinberg, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 17144419659     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.61.103505     Document Type: Article

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