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    "abstract": "We discuss the anthropic principle and its implications for our existence and\nthe physical laws which govern the universe. Several amazing coincidences which\nprovide conditions necessary for creation of life suggest that the \"laws of\nnature\" are not uniquely determined. The idea that our universe is only one\namong a multitude of universes with different physical laws, as predicted by\nthe theory of chaotic cosmic inflation, provides a logically simple, but\nspeculative resolution of the anthropic principle. An important insight of\nmodern quantum field theory is that the physical laws are not only determined\nby symmetry principles, but also by the nature of the vacuum state. Experiments\ninvolving collisions of relativistic heavy ions provide the clearest tests of\nthe hypothesis that properties of particles and forces can be modified by a\nchange in the vacuum state. We outline the goals of these experiments and\nbriefly review their current status.",
    "arxiv_id": "nucl-th/0407010",
    "authors": [
      "Berndt Muller",
      "Dinesh K. Srivastava"
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    "title": "How relativistic heavy ion collisions can help us understand the   universe",
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