Application of the discrete Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin method to spin tunneling

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 5166-5179

  Garg, Anupam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032332525     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532563     Document Type: Article

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