No place for particles in relativistic quantum theories?

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-28

  Halvorson, Hans ^a   Clifton, Rob ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0042307512     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338939     Document Type: Article

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