Classical antiparticles

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 835-841

  Costella, John P ^a   McKellar, Bruce H J ^a   Rawlinson, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0031530132     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18669     Document Type: Article

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