DECOHERENCE AND THE QUANTUM-TO-CLASSICAL TRANSITION

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Volumn Part F940, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-407

  Schlosshauer, Maximilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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