On the physical Hilbert space of loop quantum cosmology

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Noui, Karim ^a   Perez, Alejandro ^b   Vandersloot, Kevin ^b  

^a Lab de Mathematiques et Physique Theorique Parc de Grandmont ^*  (France)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMOS; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 84927765452     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.71.044025     Document Type: Article

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