Dephasing of a non-relativistic quantum particle due to a conformally fluctuating spacetime

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Bonifacio, Paolo M ^a   Wang, Charles H T ^a,b   Mendonça, J Tito ^b,c   Bingham, Robert ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70349480770     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/14/145013     Document Type: Article

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