Nonautonomous Hamiltonians

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 359-391

  Soffer, A ^a   Weinstein, M I ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breather; Ionization; Lifetime; Resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032178139     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000026738.52652.6e     Document Type: Article

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