Remark on causality and particle localization
- 15 November 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 10 (10) , 3320-3321
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.10.3320
Abstract
We show that under quite general assumptions localization of particles in a finite space region at a given time is inconsistent with causality. The same holds for localization in a finite region of space-time. The derivation is short and very simple.Keywords
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