Unitary integration: A numerical technique preserving the structure of the quantum liouville equation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 26, 1997, Pages 5189-5193

  Shadwick, B A ^a,b   Buell, W F ^a  

^a Institute for Advanced Physics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000915855     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.5189     Document Type: Article

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