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Time evolution

Kenichi Konishi, Giampiero Paffuti

Published Mar 5, 2009• 0 citations
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Abstract There is a vast class of interesting physical problems, however, which involve time-dependent Hamiltonians and which are not accessible to perturbative treatment. In this chapter, we discuss some of these systems.
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10.1093/oso/9780199560264.003.0012

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