Bounds and enhancements for negative scattering time delays

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421151-421158

  Muga, J G ^a   Egusquiza, I L ^a   Damborenea, J A ^a   Delgado, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; WAVE EQUATIONS;

WAVE PACKETS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0036819093     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.66.042115     Document Type: Article

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