Branch dependence in the "consistent histories" approach to quantum mechanics

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-276

  Müller, Thomas ^a  

^a Institut für Philosophie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Branching time; Coarse graining; Probability; Quantum histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847231334     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-006-9100-x     Document Type: Review

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