Transdimensional tunneling in the multiverse

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Blanco Pillado, Jose J ^a   Schwartz Perlov, Delia ^a   Vilenkin, Alexander ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmic strings; Cosmology with extra dimensions; Domain walls; Initial conditions and eternal universe; Monopoles; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952801726     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/05/005     Document Type: Article

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