Dynamical disappearance of superposition states in the thermodynamic limit

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2757-2766

  Frasca, Marco ^a  

^a Via Erasmo Gattamelata 3 ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; QUANTUM THEORY;

FOCK NUMBER STATES; SCHRODINGER EQUATION; SUPERPOSITION STATES; THERMODYNAMIC LIMIT;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0041845267     PISSN: 09534075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/36/13/307     Document Type: Article

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