Numerical approach to solve the time-dependent Dirac equation

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 604-612

  Braun, J W ^a   Su, Q ^a   Grobe, R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000727706     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.604     Document Type: Article

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