Quenching of macroscopic quantum coherence and macroscopic Fermi-particle configurations

Zeitschrift fur Physik B-Condensed Matter

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 525-529

  Liang, J Q ^a,b,c   Muller Kirsten H J W ^a   Zhou, Jian Ge ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 1942510992     PISSN: 07223277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002570050321     Document Type: Article

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