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Quantum Traversal Time, Path Integrals and “Superluminal” Tunnelling

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  1. Theoretical and Computational Physics Research Division, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK

    Dmitri Sokolovski

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  1. Departamento de Química-Física Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain

    J.G. Muga

  2. Departamento de Física Fundamental II, Universidad de La Laguna, 38203 La Laguna (S/C de Tenerife), Spain

    R. Sala Mayato

  3. Física Teorikoaren Salla Zientzia eta Teknologia, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 PK, Bilbao, Spain

    Í.L. Egusquiza

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Sokolovski, D. (2008). Quantum Traversal Time, Path Integrals and “Superluminal” Tunnelling. In: Muga, J., Mayato, R.S., Egusquiza, Í. (eds) Time in Quantum Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 734. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73473-4_7

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