Is the universe a quantum system?

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-356

  Fink, Helmut ^a   Leschke, Hajo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foundations of quantum cosmology; Interpretation of quantum theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041406048     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007819627255     Document Type: Article

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