Consistent histories and quantum measurements

Physics Today

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 26-31

  Griffiths, Robert B ^a   Omnès, Roland ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 0001964240     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.882775     Document Type: Article

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