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Annals of Physics

Construction of distinct discrete time scattering quantum walk formulations on the honeycomb lattice

B. F. Venancio, M. G. E. da Luz

Published Aug 8, 2018• 3 citations
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10.1016/j.aop.2018.07.026

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