Perturbations of the excited quantum oscillator: From number states to statistical distributions

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 231-236

  Sunko, D K ^a   Gumhalter, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

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EID: 1042279717     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1587703     Document Type: Review

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