Baby universes in string theory
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Robbert Dijkgraaf, Rajesh Gopakumar, Hirosi Ooguri, and Cumrun Vafa Institute for Theoretical Physics & KdV Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad 211019, India California Institute for Technology, 452-48, Pasadena, California 91125, USA Jefferson Physical Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA (Received 7 October 2005; published 10 March 2006)
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