Measure problem for eternal and non-eternal inflation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Linde, Andrei ^a   Noorbala, Mahdiyar ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation; Initial conditions and eternal universe; String theory and cosmology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449295053     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2010/09/008     Document Type: Article

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