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3 - Quantum statistical master equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2015

William C. Schieve  and
Lawrence P. Horwitz
William C. Schieve
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
Lawrence P. Horwitz
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
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Quantum Statistical Mechanics , pp. 37 - 60
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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