Quantum theory of a Stern-Gerlach system in contact with a linearly dissipative environment

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 8-

  Banerjee, Subhashish ^a   Ghosh, R ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 85035296960     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.62.042105     Document Type: Article

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