Dirac-type equations in a gravitational field, with vector wave function

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1020-1045

  Arminjon, Mayeul ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Classical quantum correspondence; Dirac and Klein Gordon equations; Preferred reference frame; Quantum mechanics in a gravitational field; Tensor Dirac theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349099700     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-008-9249-6     Document Type: Article

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