Quantum quenches of ion Coulomb crystals across structural instabilities. II. Thermal effects

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Baltrusch, Jens D ^a,b   Cormick, Cecilia ^a,c   Morigi, Giovanna ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT SUPERPOSITIONS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; INITIAL TEMPERATURES; MESOSCOPIC SUPERPOSITION; QUANTUM QUENCHES; STATE-DEPENDENT FORCES; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY;

QUANTUM THEORY;

IONS;

EID: 84875724999     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.87.032116     Document Type: Article

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