arXiv:quant-ph/0104105

Quantum and Classical Mechanics as Limiting Cases of a New Mechanics (II)

Partha Ghose, Manoj K. Samal

Published Apr 20, 2001• 0 citations

Abstract

Examples are worked out using mesomechanics proposed in the previous paper to show that it has new physical predictions for mesoscopic systems. 1

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