Discrete breathers: Classical and quantum

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 174-198

  MacKay, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

AUTONOMOUS FORCED DAMPED SYSTEMS; AUTONOMOUS HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS; DISCRETE BREATHERS; TIME PERIODICALLY FORCED SYSTEMS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0034516730     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00421-0     Document Type: Article

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