Tunneling probability for the birth of an asymptotically de Sitter universe

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Acacio De Barros, J ^a,c   Correa Silva E V ^b   Monerat, G A ^b   Oliveira Neto, G ^b   Ferreira Filho, L G ^b   Romildo, P ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Faculdade de Tecnologia   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

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EID: 34347381791     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.104004     Document Type: Article

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