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arXiv:2112.04544 · Annals of Physics

Freezable bound states in the continuum for time-dependent quantum potentials

Izamar Gutiérrez Altamirano, Alonso Contreras-Astorga, Alfredo Raya

Published Apr 21, 2022• 0 citations
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10.1016/j.aop.2022.168882

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