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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Quantum and classical transport of excited states of ions

Carlos O Reinhold, Marek Seliger, Tatsuya Minami, David Schultz, Joachim Burgdörfer, E. Lamour, J.P. Rozet, D. Vernhet

Published Apr 6, 2007• 2 citations
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10.1016/j.nimb.2007.03.075

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