Experimental evidence for microscopic chaos

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6696, 1998, Pages 865-868

  Gaspard, P ^a   Briggs, M E ^b   Francis, M K ^c   Sengers, J V ^c   Gammon, R W ^c   Dorfman, J R ^c   Calabrese, R V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032572677     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29721     Document Type: Article

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