Entanglement and open systems in algebraic quantum field theory

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-31

  Clifton, Rob ^a   Halvorson, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Entanglement; Local Operation; Quantum Field; Von Neumann Algebra.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039299328     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(00)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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