Quantum cosmology with conformally invariant scalar field

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 359-364

  Lemos, Nivaldo A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVE FUNCTIONS;

CURRENT THEORIES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; QUANTUM COSMOLOGY; QUANTUM STATE; SCALAR FIELDS; SCALE FACTOR;

PHASE SPACE METHODS;

EID: 13544261887     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00607-X     Document Type: Article

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