Wavefunction collapse and random walk

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1495-1541

  Collett, Brian ^a   Pearle, Philip ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Continuous spontaneous localization; Diffusion; Paul trap; Random walk; Wavefunction collapse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141941157     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026048530567     Document Type: Review

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