Will small particles exhibit Brownian motion in the quantum vacuum?

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1917-1949

  Gour, Gilad ^a   Sriramkumar, L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0042135701     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018846501958     Document Type: Article

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