Effective equations of motion for quantum systems

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 713-745

  Bojowald, Martin ^a,b   Skirzewski, Aureliano ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamical coherent states; Effective theory; Low energy effective action

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750006488     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X06002772     Document Type: Article

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