Interrupted escape and the emergence of exponential relaxation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5958-5976

  Lubchenko, Vassiliy ^a   Silbey, Robert J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER SYSTEMS; INITIAL DECAY RATE; QUANTUM ZENO EFFECT; STOCHASTIC BATH;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONDENSATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OSCILLATIONS; PROBABILITY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEPARATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 5444256129     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1786292     Document Type: Article

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