On the quantum probability flux through surfaces

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 967-977

  Daumer, M ^a   Durr D ^a   Goldstein, S ^b   Zanghi N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bohmian mechanics; Escape time statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040052319     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000015181.86864.fb     Document Type: Article

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