Is it possible to create a universe in the laboratory by quantum tunneling?
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- Authors
- Farhi, E., Guth, A. H., & Guven, J.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian (US)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
- Venue
- Nuclear Physics B
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1990-07
- Volume
- 339
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 417-490
- ISSN
- 0550-3213 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2052431473
- Cited by
- 292
- References
- 21
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- FWCI
- 13.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nuclear Physics B (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Nuclear and High Energy Physics › Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories
- Keywords
- quantum tunneling, false vacuum, bubble nucleation, semiclassical approximation, thin wall limit, path integral, initial singularity, quantum cosmology
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