On the physical interpretation of density operators at the atomic scale: A thorough analysis of some simple cases

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 384-409

  Paniagua, Juan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coherences; Density matrix; Density operator; Phase coherence; Physical interpretation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845637257     PISSN: 15466086     EISSN: 15525023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.20070     Document Type: Article

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