Covariant and quasi-covariant quantum dynamics in Robertson-Walker spacetimes

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6417-6434

  Buchholz, Detlev ^a   Mund, Jens ^a   Summers, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0036913606     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/24/310     Document Type: Article

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