Tunneling of a quantum breather in a one-dimensional chain

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 339-346

  Fleurov, V ^a   Schilling, R ^b   Flach, S ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

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EID: 0001538361     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.58.339     Document Type: Article

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