Decoherent histories approach to the arrival time problem

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 3351-3364

  Halliwell, J J ^a   Zafiris, E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000206141     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.57.3351     Document Type: Article

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