Synthesis of Covariant Particle Equations

DOI10.1103/PhysRev.102.568zbMath0071.23402MaRDI QIDQ3234046

L. L. Foldy

Publication date: 1956

Published in: Physical Review (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

quantum theory

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