Zitterbewegung and semiclassical observables for the Dirac equation

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 6359-6373

  Bolte, Jens ^a   Glaser, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 3042632951     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/37/24/012     Document Type: Article

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