On the lifetime of quasi-stationary states in non-relativistic QED

Annales Henri Poincare

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1005-1028

  Hasler, David ^a   Herbst, Ira ^a   Huber, Matthias ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 50849087338     PISSN: 14240637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00023-008-0377-5     Document Type: Article

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