Does a flying electron spin?

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-160

  Garraway, Barry M ^a   Stenholm, Stig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036014427     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00107510110102119     Document Type: Article

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