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American Journal of Physics

Comment on ‘‘A wave-packet description of the motion of a charged particle in a uniform magnetic field,’’ by W. Zimmermann, Jr. [Am. J. Phys. 5 7, 593–598 (1989)]

R. A. Moore

Published Jan 1, 1991• 0 citations
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10.1119/1.16709

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