Gutzwiller's trace formula and vacuum pair production

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 40, Issue 34, 2007, Pages

  Dietrich, Dennis D ^a   Dunne, Gerald V ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 34547803338     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/34/F01     Document Type: Article

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