There are No Causality Problems for Fermi's Two Atom System
arXiv:hep-th/9403027 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.613
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.
6 pages, latex, DESY 94-027
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