Improving the quantification of Brownian motion

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 485-491

  Catipovic, Marco A ^a   Tyler, Paul M ^a   Trapani, Josef G ^a   Carter, Ashley R ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84879488000     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.4803529     Document Type: Article

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