Relativistic collapse model with tachyonic features

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 80-101

  Pearle, Philip ^a  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0013229210     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.80     Document Type: Article

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