Quantum hydrodynamic analysis of decoherence

Physica Scripta

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-180

  Na, Kyungsun ^a   Wyatt, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

DECOHERENCE;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0037342354     PISSN: 00318949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1238/Physica.Regular.067a00169     Document Type: Article

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