On the prefactor in false vacuum decay

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 6551-6557

  Min, Hyunsoo ^a  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

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EID: 33646743560     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: 13616447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/39/21/S53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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