On the energy growth of some periodically driven quantum systems with shrinking gaps in the spectrum

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-193

  Duclos, Pierre ^a   Lev, Ondra ^b   Šťovíček, Pavel ^b  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Energy growth; Periodically driven quantum system

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749084622     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-007-9419-5     Document Type: Article

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