Tunneling as a Stochastic Process

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 515-525

  Ranfagni, A ^a   Ruggeri, R ^a   Agresti, A ^b  

^a Inst Ricerca Onde E   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 0032399080     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018776330627     Document Type: Article

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