Sub-cycle oscillations in virtual states brought to light

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chini, Michael ^a   Wang, Xiaowei ^a,b   Cheng, Yan ^a   Wu, Yi ^a   Zhao, Di ^c,d   Telnov, Dmitry A ^c,e   Chu, Shih I ^c,f   Chang, Zenghu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84873181445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01105     Document Type: Article

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