Quantum solution to the arrow-of-time dilemma

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  MacCone, Lorenzo ^a,b,c  

^a Dip A Volta   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAWS OF PHYSICS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

ENTROPY;

EID: 68949085391     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.080401     Document Type: Article

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