Emergence of classicality in quantum phase transitions

Physical Review D

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Kim, Sang Pyo ^a,b   Lee, Chul H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85038333258     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.65.045013     Document Type: Article

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