Introduction to decoherence theory

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 768, Issue , 2009, Pages 221-276

  Hornberger, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 56349148936     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88169-8_5     Document Type: Article

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