Localized States for Elementary Systems
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DOI10.1103/RevModPhys.21.400zbMath0036.26704OpenAlexW1964301336WikidataQ21709764 ScholiaQ21709764MaRDI QIDQ5794558
T. D. Newton, Eugene P. Wigner
Publication date: 1949
Published in: Reviews of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.21.400
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