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Physics Letters A

Possible observation of the quantum Zeno effect by means of neutron spin-flipping

Seizo Inagaki, Mikio Namiki, Tomohiro Tajiri

Published Jun 1, 1992• 42 citations
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10.1016/0375-9601(92)90865-j

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