No-bang quantum state of the cosmos

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2008, Pages

  Page, Don N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 49749134312     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/15/154011     Document Type: Article

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