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Strong interactions

Nikola Šibalić, Charles S. Adams

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

How we can achieve effective interactions between photons, what are some well-behaved states of groups of photons that interactions bring to us, and how we can characterise and visualise these states.
DOI
10.1088/978-0-7503-2628-5ch9

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