Tunneling as a stochastic process: A path-integral model for microwave experiments

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 6 2, 2003, Pages

  Ranfagni, A ^a,b   Ruggeri, R ^a   Mugnai, D ^a   Agresti, A ^c   Ranfagni, C ^d   Sandri, P ^b  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b Scuola di Specializzazione   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d Corso Laurea Fisica Univ di Firenze ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVEGUIDES;

DISSIPATIVE EFFECTS; PATH INTEGRAL MODEL; STAOCHASTIC MODEL; TELEGRAPHER EQUATION; TRANSITION ELEMENT THEORY;

ELECTRON TUNNELING;

EID: 42749106394     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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