Loop quantum cosmology: Recent progress

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 765-776

  Bojowald, Martin ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inflation; Quantum cosmology; Quantum geometry

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GAGES; HAMILTONIANS; INTEGRATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RELATIVITY; VECTORS;

INFLATION; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM COSMOLOGY; QUANTUM GEOMETRY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 7544236556     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02705198     Document Type: Conference Paper

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