Reeh-Schlieder defeats Newton-Wigner: On alternative localization schemes in relativistic quantum field theory

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 111-133

  Halvorson, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0012694150     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392869     Document Type: Article

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