Dissipative quantum tunneling of a single defect in a disordered metal

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 4629-4637

  Chun, Kookjin ^a   Birge, Norman O ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 2442626943     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.4629     Document Type: Article

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