Theory of non-equilibrium stationary states as a theory of resonances

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1539-1593

  Merkli, Marco ^a   Mück, Matthias ^b   Sigal, Israel Michael ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 39049085884     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00023-007-0346-4     Document Type: Article

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