Eternal inflation and its implications

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 40, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 6811-6826

  Guth, Alan H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34250179830     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/25/S25     Document Type: Article

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