Decay of de sitter vacua by thermal activation

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 883-904

  Garriga, Jaume ^a,b   Megevand, Ariel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BARCELONA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

De Sitter vacuum; Thermal activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544368444     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:IJTP.0000048178.69097.fb     Document Type: Conference Paper

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