Quantum simulation of the Dirac equation

Nature

Volumn 463, Issue 7277, 2010, Pages 68-71

  Gerritsma, R ^a,b   Kirchmair, G ^a,b   Zahringer F ^a,b   Solano, E ^c,d   Blatt, R ^a,b   Roos, C F ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; DIRAC EQUATION; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION TIME; RELATIVE DENSITY; SIMULATION; SPIN TRAPPING;

EID: 73849135268     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08688     Document Type: Article

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