Invariant class operators in the decoherent histories analysis of timeless quantum theories

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Halliwell, J J ^a   Wallden, P ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 32644459713     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.024011     Document Type: Article

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