On gravity's role in quantum state reduction

General Relativity and Gravitation

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 581-600

  Penrose, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 16844379677     PISSN: 00017701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02105068     Document Type: Article

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