Quantum approach to coupling classical and quantum dynamics

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 4-

  Diósi, Lajos ^a,b   Gisin, Nicolas ^c   Strunz, Walter T ^d  

^a Institute for Advanced Study Berlin   (Germany)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 85035279676     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.61.022108     Document Type: Article

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