Localization and causality for a free particle

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 308, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 110-115

  Barat, N ^a   Kimball, J C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Hegerfeldt's theorem; Localization Causality

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

A-PARTICLES; DIRAC EQUATIONS; FREE PARTICLES; HEGERFELDT'S THEOREM; KLEIN-GORDON EQUATION; LOCALIZATION CAUSALITY; POSITIVE ENERGIES; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 17944390110     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(02)01806-6     Document Type: Article

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