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The space-time ray method and quasiphotons

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A new approach to the construction of qusiphotons is illustrated with the example of quasiphotons of the wave equation with a variable velocity. Bibliography: 14 titles.

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Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 342, 2007, pp. 5–13.

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Babich, V.M. The space-time ray method and quasiphotons. J Math Sci 148, 633–638 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-008-0013-4

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