Decoherence, einselection and the existential interpretation (the rough guide)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 356, Issue 1743, 1998, Pages 1793-1821

  Zurek, Wojciech H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Einselection; Environment induced superselection

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042922094     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.1998.0250     Document Type: Article

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