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The behaviour of evanescent waves under Lorentz transformations

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  1. Observatorio Astronómico, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

    J. L. Agudín (Fellow of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientiflcas y Técnicas de la República Argentina) & A. M. Platzeck (Fellow of the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientiflcas y Técnicas de la República Argentina)

  2. Compañia Argentina de Petrõleo, ASTRA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    J. R. Albano

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Agudín, J.L., Platzeck, A.M. & Albano, J.R. The behaviour of evanescent waves under Lorentz transformations. Lett. Nuovo Cimento 23, 547–551 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02770542

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