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Recent Advances in Cooperative Phenomena and Matter Field Interactions.

D. W. Howgate, C. M. Bowden, C. Alton Coulter, Chi C. Sung

Published Jan 1, 1980• 0 citations
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Partial Contents: Interaction of a Molecular Gas with the Electromagnetic Field; An Effective Hamiltonian for the Treatment of N Identical Two-Level Atoms Interacting with the Electromagnetic Field; and Light-Atom Interaction in Cooperative Phenomena in Quantum Optics.

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