Cosmological measures without volume weighting

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Page, Don N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gravity; Inflation; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449092837     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2008/10/025     Document Type: Article

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