Hindered decay: Quantum Zeno effect through electromagnetic field domination

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-32

  Mihokova, E ^a   Pascazio, S ^b   Schulman, L S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001836717     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.25     Document Type: Article

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