Single-particle density of states, bound states, phase-shift flip, and a resonance in the presence of an Aharonov-Bohm potential

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 669-694

  Moroz, Alexander ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4243251235     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.53.669     Document Type: Article

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