Decoherence and localization in quantum two-level systems

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 393-418

  Yu, Ting ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Localization; Quantum jumps

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

DECOHERENCE; DECOHERENT HISTORY METHOD; QUANTUM JUMP; QUANTUM STATE DIFFUSION METHOD; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; VON NEUMANN ENTROPY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0031648842     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00554-2     Document Type: Article

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