Phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics and quantum-state reconstruction for physical systems with Lie-group symmetries

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 971-987

  Brif, C ^a   Mann, A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

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EID: 0001562487     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.971     Document Type: Article

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