Quantum cosmology and the emergence of a classical world
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-09-25 v1
Abstract
This paper gives an elementary introduction to some of the conceptual problems of quantum cosmology. Contents: 1. Why quantum cosmology? 2. Time in quantum gravity 3.Decoherence and the recovery of the Schrodinger equation 4. The direction of time
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9308025,
title = {Quantum cosmology and the emergence of a classical world},
author = {C. Kiefer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9308025},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
19 pages, LATEX, report ZU-TH 24/93, figure can be obtained from the author (To appear in the FESt-Proceedings on the concepts of space and time, edited by E. Rudolph and I.-O. Stamatescu (Springer 1993))