Effective theories of coupled classical and quantum variables from decoherent histories: A new approach to the back reaction problem

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2337-2348

  Halliwell, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000263629     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.57.2337     Document Type: Article

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