Dissipative quantum dynamics at surfaces: a nonlinear-coupling model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 15609-15612

  Gao, Shiwu ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0001347744     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.15609     Document Type: Article

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