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On the relativistic calculation of spontaneous emission

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The Einstein A coefficients are calculated, in all cases of degeneracies of the Dirac transition currents, by means of the energy balance method.

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Boudet, R. On the relativistic calculation of spontaneous emission. Found Phys 23, 1387–1404 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883785

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