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Müller, C. (2009). Diffusive Spin Transport. In: Buchleitner, A., Viviescas, C., Tiersch, M. (eds) Entanglement and Decoherence. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 768. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88169-8_6
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