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Physics Letters A

Study of decoherence with a generalized master equation

Tetsuya Yoneda, Aya Nagasato, Tatsuo Akamine, Akio Motoyoshi

Published Mar 1, 2001• 1 citation
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10.1016/s0375-9601(01)00081-0

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