Decoherence of histories and hydrodynamic equations for a linear oscillator chain

Physical Review D

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Halliwell, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ENERGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATOR; PHYSICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TECHNIQUE; THEORY;

EID: 0042337437     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.025018     Document Type: Article

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