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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of York, York, UK

    Paul Busch

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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

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

    Í.L. Egusquiza

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Busch, P. (2008). The Time–Energy Uncertainty Relation. 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_3

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