Spacetime coarse grainings and the problem of time in the decoherent histories approach to quantum theory

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1512-1532

  Wallden, Petros ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Arrival time; Decoherent (consistent) histories; Problem of time; Restricted propagator

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449090669     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: 15729575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10773-007-9592-y     Document Type: Article

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