Life in an energy eigenstate: Decoherent histories analysis of a model timeless universe

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Halliwell, J J ^a   Thorwart, J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COSMOS; ENERGY; HISTORY; LIFE; MODEL; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; SPACE; TIME;

EID: 0037053190     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.104009     Document Type: Article

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