Quasirelativistic quasilocal finite wave-function collapse model

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Pearle, Philip ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS SPONTANEOUS LOCALIZATION (CSL) WAVE-FUNCTION MODEL; QUADRUPOLE EXCITATION; QUASIRELATIVISTIC CONTINUOUS SPONTANEOUS LOCALIZATION (QRCSL) MODEL; WAVE-FUNCTION;

ELECTRIC COMMUTATORS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GERMANIUM; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; VACUUM;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 18444392666     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.71.032101     Document Type: Article

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