Semiclassical mechanics of the Wigner 6j-symbol

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Aquilanti, Vincenzo ^a   Haggard, Hal M ^b   Hedeman, Austin ^b   Jeevanjee, Nadir ^b   Littlejohn, Robert G ^b   Yu, Liang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84856512335     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/45/6/065209     Document Type: Article

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