Interacting classical and quantum ensembles

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Hall, Michael J W ^a,b   Reginatto, Marcel ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY ABSORPTION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AUTOMATIC DECOHERENCE; HARMONIC OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM MATTER; SCALAR FIELD;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33244456379     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.72.062109     Document Type: Article

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