Exact solution for a diffusive nonequilibrium steady state of an open quantum chain

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Žnidarič, Marko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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EID: 77952394070     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2010/05/L05002     Document Type: Article

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