Cosmological constant in the quantum multiverse

Larsen, Grant; Nomura, Yasunori; Roberts, Hannes L. L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.123512

Title: Cosmological constant in the quantum multiverse

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Authors:: Larsen, Grant; Nomura, Yasunori; Roberts, Hannes L. L.

Publication Date:: Wed Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1098403

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review D

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 84; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1550-7998

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Larsen, Grant, Nomura, Yasunori, and Roberts, Hannes L. L. Cosmological constant in the quantum multiverse.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.84.123512.

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                    Larsen, Grant, Nomura, Yasunori, & Roberts, Hannes L. L. Cosmological constant in the quantum multiverse.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.84.123512

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                    Larsen, Grant, Nomura, Yasunori, and Roberts, Hannes L. L. Wed .  
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