DNA molecular cousin of schrödinger’s cat: A curious example of quantum measurement

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2836-2839

  Home, Dipankar ^a   Chattopadhyaya, Rajagopal ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 0003603644     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.2836     Document Type: Article

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