Implications of the intrinsic decoherence in quantum mechanics to nonequilibrium statistical mechanics

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1124-1127

  Rajagopal, A K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0042491990     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.1124     Document Type: Article

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