Indistinguishable particles and hidden variables

Foundations of Physics Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 409-426

  San'Anna, Adonai S ^a   Krause, Décio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bosons; Fermions; Hidden variables; Identity; Indistinguishability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031479049     PISSN: 08949875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02764019     Document Type: Article

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