Hybrid quantum cosmology : CCombining loop and fock quantizations

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2820-2838

  Mena MarugAn G A ^a   MartIn Benito M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous cosmologies; Loop quantum cosmology; Singularity resolu tion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650489766     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X09046187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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