Time Scales in the Approach to Equilibrium of Macroscopic Quantum Systems

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters

سال: 2013

ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.140401