Approximate decoherence of histories and 't Hooft's deterministic quantum theory

Physical Review D

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2001, Pages

  Halliwell, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HISTORY; MOTION; OPERATOR; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034893520     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.085013     Document Type: Article

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