Essay: Quantum Field Theory Is Not Merely Quantum Mechanics Applied to Low Energy Effective Degrees of Freedom
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عنوان ژورنال: General Relativity and Gravitation
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0001-7701
DOI: 10.1023/b:gerg.0000048980.00020.9a