Visualizing motion in potential wells

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-63

  Jolly, Pratibha ^a   Zollman, Dean ^b   Sanjay Rebello, N ^b   Dimitrova, Albena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032326206     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18808     Document Type: Article

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