Conflict between the classical equivalence principle and quantum mechanics

Advanced Studies in Theoretical Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 65-78

  Accioly, Antonio ^a,b   Paszko, Ricardo ^a  

^a CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Energy dependent cross section; Quantum mechanics; Spin dependent cross section; Violation of the classical equivalence principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449138736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1313311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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