Decoherence and records for the case of a scattering environment

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Dodd, P J ^a   Halliwell, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIGHT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33750344180     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.105018     Document Type: Article

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