There are No Causality Problems for Fermi's Two Atom System
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
A repeatedly discussed gedanken experiment, proposed by Fermi to check Einstein causality, is reconsidered. It is shown that, contrary to a recent statement made by Hegerfeldt, there appears no causality paradoxon in a proper theoretical description of the experiment.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9403027,
title = {There are No Causality Problems for Fermi's Two Atom System},
author = {Detlev Buchholz and Jakob Yngvason},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9403027},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages, latex, DESY 94-027