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Physics Letters B

On the validity of the adiabatic approach to the tunneling phenomenon

Stanisław Drożdż, P. Kamiński, Marek Płoszajczak, E. Caurier

Published Jan 1, 1990• 3 citations
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10.1016/0370-2693(90)90085-k

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