Publication: Causality of a wave-equation and invariance of its hyperbolicity conditions
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1980-06-15
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American Physical Society
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A characterization of the noncausal behavior of a covariant wave equation is given in terms of the invariance of the hyperbolicity conditions. Some examples in which the Dirac field is not causal are studied.
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© 1980 The American Physical Society. We are very indebted to Dr. L. Vázquez and Dr. J. Usón for discussions. This paper was partly supported by Junta de Energía Nuclear, Madrid.
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