The phase of a quantum mechanical particle in curved spacetime

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1459-1487

  Alsing, P M ^a   Evans, J C ^b   Nandi, K K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Curved spacetime; Quantum phase; Wave equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035540189     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012284625541     Document Type: Article

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