ON TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS AND COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Modern Physics Letters A
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0217-7323,1793-6632
DOI: 10.1142/s0217732314500072