Weinberg's proof of the spin-statistics theorem

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 621-650

  Massimi, Michela ^a,b   Redhead, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microcausality; Pauli's Exclusion Principle; S matrix theory; Spin statistics theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141987807     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-2198(03)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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