ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

Quantum interfaces

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, Davis, California 95616-8633, U.S.A.

Abstract

We review recent results on interface states in quantum statistical mechanics.

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Pages:
321-329
Main language of publication
English
Published
1998
Exact and natural sciences