Then again, how often does the Unruh-DeWitt detector click if we switch it carefully?

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1719-1731

  Satz, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247336442     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/24/7/003     Document Type: Article

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