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Springer series in electrophysics

Introducing Dissipation in the Schrödinger Picture

Timothy P. Spiller, P. S. Spencer, Terrence D. Clark, Jason F. Ralph, Helen Prance, Robert J. Prance, A. J. Clippingdale

Published Jan 1, 1992• 0 citations
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10.1007/978-3-642-77274-0_32

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