The cosmological constant puzzle

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bass, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 79952681757     PISSN: 09543899     EISSN: 13616471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0954-3899/38/4/043201     Document Type: Review

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