Quantum theory without observers - Part one

Physics Today

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 42-46

  Goldstein, Sheldon ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DECOHERENT HISTORY; QUANTUM PROBABILITY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0032027391     PISSN: 00319228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.882184     Document Type: Article

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