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A measure of the multiverse

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

I review recent progress in defining a probability measure in the inflationary multiverse. General requirements for a satisfactory measure are formulated and recent proposals for the measure are clarified and discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0609193,
  title  = {A measure of the multiverse},
  author = {Alexander Vilenkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0609193},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

13 pages, 1 figure. Discussion of eternal observers is slightly expanded