Quantum tunneling in a dissipative system

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 3779-3782

  Yu, Li Hua ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 4243356357     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.54.3779     Document Type: Article

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