Long-time behavior of macroscopic quantum systems: Commentary accompanying the English translation of John von Neumann's 1929 article on the quantum ergodic theorem

European Physical Journal H

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-200

  Goldstein, S ^a   Lebowitz, J L ^a   Tumulka, R ^a   Zanghi N ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

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EID: 83755210269     PISSN: 21026459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjh/e2010-00007-7     Document Type: Article

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