Exact Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation for real spin-0 particle in curved space

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Accioly, A ^a   Blas, H ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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ARTICLE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE RADIATION; SPACE; TIME;

EID: 3542997789     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.66.067501     Document Type: Article

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