Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation for relativistic particles in external fields

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2952-2966

  Silenko, Alexander J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR PROBLEMS   (Belarus)

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EID: 0037661022     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1579991     Document Type: Article

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