Decoherence of quantum wave packets due to interaction with conformai space-time fluctuations

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

Volumn 456, Issue 1996, 2000, Pages 955-968

  Power, W L ^a   Percival, I C ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Analyticon Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Fluctuations; Matter interferometer; Quantum gravity; Quantum measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744563066     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0544     Document Type: Article

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