Derivation of the cubic non-linear Schrödinger equation from quantum dynamics of many-body systems

Inventiones Mathematicae

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 515-614

  Erdos, László ^b   Schlein, Benjamin ^a   Yau, Horng Tzer ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 33846807694     PISSN: 00209910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00222-006-0022-1     Document Type: Review

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