Global structure of the multiverse and the measure problem

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1514, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-13

  Vilenkin, Alexander ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eternal inflation; measure; multiverse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891460336     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4791716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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