Features of time-independent Wigner functions

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Curtright, Thomas ^a   Fairlie, David ^b   Zachos, Cosmas ^c  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85038976783     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.58.025002     Document Type: Article

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