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Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Detection of Mpemba effect through observables in open quantum systems

Pitambar Bagui, Arijit Chatterjee, Bijay Kumar Agarwalla

Published Jun 18, 2026• 2 citations
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10.1103/m4wy-kdc9

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