Localization of coherent wave packets in plasmas due to decoherence

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 291-296

  Gocke, C ^a   Ropke G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decoherence; Localization; Quantum master equation

Indexed keywords

QUANTUM THEORY;

BORN-MARKOV APPROXIMATION; COHERENT WAVES; DECOHERENCE; DIELECTRIC FUNCTIONS; ION STATE; LOCALISATION; PLASMA ENVIRONMENTS; QUANTUM MASTER EQUATIONS; STATISTICAL OPERATORS; TEST PARTICLES;

IONS;

EID: 34447537982     PISSN: 08631042     EISSN: 15213986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ctpp.200710039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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