Quantum weak energy inequalities for the Dirac field in flat spacetime

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Fewster, C J ^a   Mistry, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85038974394     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.105010     Document Type: Article

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