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Primordial magnetic fields in false vacuum inflation. / Davis, Anne-Christine; Dimopoulos, Konstantinos.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 55, No. 12, 15.06.1997, p. 7398-7414.

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Davis, A-C & Dimopoulos, K 1997, 'Primordial magnetic fields in false vacuum inflation', Physical Review D, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 7398-7414. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.7398

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Davis, A-C., & Dimopoulos, K. (1997). Primordial magnetic fields in false vacuum inflation. Physical Review D, 55(12), 7398-7414. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.7398

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Davis A-C, Dimopoulos K. Primordial magnetic fields in false vacuum inflation. Physical Review D. 1997 Jun 15;55(12):7398-7414. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.7398

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Davis, Anne-Christine ; Dimopoulos, Konstantinos. / Primordial magnetic fields in false vacuum inflation. In: Physical Review D. 1997 ; Vol. 55, No. 12. pp. 7398-7414.

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