Towards a gauge invariant volume-weighted probability measure for eternal inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Linde, Andrei ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548638575     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2007/06/017     Document Type: Article

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