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(2005). The Dynamics and Properties of Quantum Trajectories. In: Quantum Dynamics with Trajectories. Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, vol 28. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-28145-2_4

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