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INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN QUANTUM TRANSITIONS

M.I. Podgoretskii, Олег Антонинович Хрусталев

Published May 31, 1964• 33 citations
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Abstract

Introduction 682 1. Interference transitions between states of nonradiating systems 682 2. Effect of radiation on interference transitions 684 3. Beats 687 4. Experimental applications of beats 689 5. Interference effects in level crossing 693 6. Modulation 696 References 698
DOI
10.1070/pu1964v006n05abeh003600

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