Dynamics of an anharmonic oscillator that is harmonically coupled to a many-body system and the notion of an appropriate heat bath

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

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 224-229

  Visco, Donald P ^a   Sen, Surajit ^b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

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EID: 0011841422     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.57.224     Document Type: Article

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