Watching it Boil: Continuous Observation for the Quantum Zeno Effect

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1623-1636

  Schulman, L S ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031324683     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02551441     Document Type: Article

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