Relational physics with real rods and clocks and the measurement problem of quantum mechanics

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1074-1092

  Gambini, Rodolfo ^a   Pullin, Jorge ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Measurement problem; Quantum gravity; Quantum mechanics; Real clocks

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250885748     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-007-9144-6     Document Type: Article

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