Periodic instantons and quantum-classical transitions in spin systems

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 216-219

  Liang, J Q ^a,b   Muller Kirsten H J W ^a   Park, D K ^a,c   Zimmerschied, F ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Kyungnam University   (South Korea)

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EID: 4243643493     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.216     Document Type: Article

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