Decoherence due to scattering events and Levy processes

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Vacchini, Bassano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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EID: 34250810315     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/67/1/012040     Document Type: Article

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