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A position operator for the photon. Giving up the complementarity principle

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(1988). A position operator for the photon. Giving up the complementarity principle. In: Bacry, H. (eds) Localizability and Space in Quantum Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 308. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0019325

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