Effective field theory approach to gravitationally induced decoherence

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Blencowe, M P ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE; EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; GENERAL RELATIVITY; PLANCK ENERGY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SUPERPOSITION STATE;

QUANTUM THEORY; RELATIVITY;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 84880566019     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.021302     Document Type: Article

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