The Schrödinger-Newton equation as a non-relativistic limit of self-gravitating Klein-Gordon and Dirac fields

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2012, Pages

  Giulini, Domenico ^a,b   Groardt, André ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 84867635964     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/21/215010     Document Type: Article

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