Stability of Quantum Systems at Three Scales: Passivity, Quantum Weak Energy Inequalities and the Microlocal Spectrum Condition

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 329-375

  Fewster, Christopher J ^a   Verch, Rainer ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 0242680096     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-003-0884-7     Document Type: Article

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