Traversal time in macroscopic quantum tunneling

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 5087-5090

  Moretti, P ^a   Mugnai, D ^a   Ranfagni, A ^a   Cetica, M ^b  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

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EID: 0000400711     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.60.5087     Document Type: Article

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