Contractive Schrödinger cat states for a free mass

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Viola, Lorenza ^a   Onofrio, Roberto ^a,b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 3042737619     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/5/1/305     Document Type: Article

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