A fundamental threat to quantum cryptography: Gravitational attacks

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 409-413

  Plaga, R ^a  

^a Federal Office for Information Security   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

APPROXIMATE TREATMENT; KEY EXCHANGE PROTOCOLS; LAWS OF PHYSICS; PERFECT SECURITIES; QUANTUM GRAVITY; QUANTUM KEY; QUANTUM MECHANICAL STATE; SECURITY ASSURANCE; STATE OF THE ART; TIME EVOLUTION OPERATOR;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645830272     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2006-00045-y     Document Type: Article

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