Restrictions on negative energy density in flat spacetime

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2082-2089

  Ford, L H ^a   Roman, Thomas A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000402488     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.55.2082     Document Type: Article

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