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Volume weighting the measure of the universe from classical slow-roll expansion. / Sloan, David; Silk, Joseph.
In: Physical Review D, Vol. 93, No. 10, 104030, 15.05.2016.

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Sloan D, Silk J. Volume weighting the measure of the universe from classical slow-roll expansion. Physical Review D. 2016 May 15;93(10):104030. doi: 10.1103/physrevd.93.104030

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Sloan, David ; Silk, Joseph. / Volume weighting the measure of the universe from classical slow-roll expansion. In: Physical Review D. 2016 ; Vol. 93, No. 10.

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