Born in an infinite universe: A cosmological interpretation of quantum mechanics

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Aguirre, Anthony ^a   Tegmark, Max ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 82955228931     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.84.105002     Document Type: Article

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