Do we live inside a domain wall?

1983/05/01 by V. A. Rubakov, V.A. Rubakov, Mikhail Shaposhnikov +1 · 90 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

paper · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(83)91253-4

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