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arXiv:quant-ph/0606171 · Physics Letters A

Relativistic effects in quantum walks: Klein's paradox and zitterbewegung

Paweł Kurzyński

Published Aug 14, 2008• 31 citations
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10.1016/j.physleta.2008.08.017

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