Linear Boltzmann equation as the weak coupling limit of a random Schrödinger equation

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 667-735

  Erdos, László ^a   Yau, Horng Tzer ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034418177     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0312(200006)53:6<667::AID-CPA1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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