Growing classical and quantum entropies in the early universe

DOI10.1007/s10773-009-0190-zzbMath1186.83144MaRDI QIDQ2268430

Mario A. Castagnino, Juan Sebastian Ardenghi

Publication date: 8 March 2010

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-009-0190-z

zbMATH Keywords

entropy; decoherence; quantum universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

83C47: Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory

94A17: Measures of information, entropy

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