Cosmological constant problems and the renormalization group

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 40, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 6583-6593

  Shapiro, Ilya L ^a,c   Solà, Joan ^b,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c TOMSK STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 34250180202     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/25/S03     Document Type: Article

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