Particle creation and non-adiabatic transitions in quantum cosmology

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 513, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 375-401

  Massar, S ^a,c   Parentani, R ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adiabatic approximation; Minisuperspace; Quantum cosmology; Quantum fields in curved space time; Quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032473067     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00718-9     Document Type: Article

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