Wavefunction of the universe on the landscape

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 861, Issue , 2006, Pages 973-980

  Mersini Houghton, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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String Quantum Cosmology

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EID: 34347388676     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2399686     Document Type: Conference Paper

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