Quantum cosmology in the energy representation

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 479, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 461-491

  Embacher, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 0030580241     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00444-0     Document Type: Article

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