How many universes are in the multiverse?

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Linde, Andrei ^a   Vanchurin, Vitaly ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952418594     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.81.083525     Document Type: Article

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