Loss of coherence and dressing in QED

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bellomo, B ^a   Compagno, G ^a   Petruccione, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PHOTONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COHERENT WAVE PACKETS; CONFIGURATION SPACES; DECOHERENCE; DENSITY MATRIX; WAVE PACKETS;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 33751267880     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.74.052112     Document Type: Article

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