Spontaneous radiation of free electrons in a nonrelativistic collapse model

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1806-1811

  Fu, Qijia ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0039170188     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1806     Document Type: Article

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