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    Rafael Sala Mayato

  2. Departamento de Física Fundamental y Experimental, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

    Daniel Alonso

  3. Fisika Teorikoaren Saila, Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, 644 P.K, Bilbao, Spain

    Iñigo L. Egusquiza

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Mayato, R.S., Alonso, D., Egusquiza, I.L. (2008). Quantum Clocks and Stopwatches. 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_8

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