Radiation trapping and Lévy flights in atomic vapours: An introductory review

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-239

  Chevrollier, Martine ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

atomic vapours; L vy flights; L vy statistics; light scattering; radiation trapping; superdiffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862617059     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: 13665812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2012.684481     Document Type: Review

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