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Annals of Physics

Effect of intrinsic degrees of freedom on the quantum tunneling of a collective variable

D.M. Brink, Maria Carolina Nemes, D. Vautherin

Published Aug 1, 1983• 42 citations
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10.1016/0003-4916(83)90070-2

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