Measures for a transdimensional multiverse

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Schwartz Perlov, Delia ^a   Vilenkin, Alexander ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmological applications of theories with extra dimensions; cosmology with extra dimensions; inflation; physics of the early universe

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954037391     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/06/024     Document Type: Article

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