Decay of metastable states: Sharp transition from quantum to classical behavior

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3130-3139

  Gorokhov, D ^a   Blatter, G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001118877     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.3130     Document Type: Article

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