Scaling behavior of interactions in a modular quantum system and the existence of local temperature

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Hartmann, M ^a   Gemmer, J ^a   Mahler, G ^a   Hess, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2142751543     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-10166-3     Document Type: Article

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