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arXiv:quant-ph/9508002 · Annals of Physics

On Galilei Invariance in Quantum Mechanics and the Bargmann Superselection Rule

Domenico Giulini

Published Jul 1, 1996• 44 citations
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10.1006/aphy.1996.0069

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