Decoherent histories analysis of minisuperspace quantum cosmology

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 306, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Halliwell, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MECHANICS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; RELATIVITY; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

CONFIGURATION SPACE; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; HEURISTIC PROCEDURES; INTERSECTION NUMBER; RELATIVISTIC QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMI-CLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; SEMICLASSICAL RESULTS; WHEELER-DE WITT EQUATION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 80052017630     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/306/1/012023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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