Limitations of anthropic predictions for the cosmological constant Λ: cosmic heat death of anthropic observers
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Anthropic predictions: the case of the cosmological constant
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عنوان ژورنال: Classical and Quantum Gravity
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0264-9381,1361-6382
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/16/165002