Radiating electron: Fluctuations without dissipation in the equation of motion

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 3112-3114

  Ford, G W ^a   O'Connell R F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000618083     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.3112     Document Type: Article

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