Positivity violation and initial slips in open systems

Zeitschrift fur Physik B-Condensed Matter

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-273

  Gnutzmann, Sven ^a   Haake, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0002986606     PISSN: 07223277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002570050208     Document Type: Article

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