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Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, 1323 - 1326 (1980)

Periodic Spontaneous Collapse and Revival in a Simple Quantum Model

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J. H. Eberly, N. B. Narozhny *, and J. J. Sanchez-Mondragon
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627

Received 7 December 1979

This Letter reports on the existence of periodic spontaneous collapse and revival of coherence in the dynamics of a simple quantum model. Also given are the first accurate expressions for the intermediate-time and long-time dynamical behavior of the model.


©1980 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.1323
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.1323
PACS: 32.80.Bx, 42.50.+q

* Permanent address: Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, Moscow 115409, U.S.S.R.

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