The quest for understanding in relativistic quantum physics

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3674-3697

  Buchholz, Detlev ^a   Haag, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

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EID: 0034400588     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.533324     Document Type: Article

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