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Physical Review Letters – 24 April 2000
Volume 84, Issue 17

HIGHLIGHTED ARTICLES

Gathered here for your convenience are articles that have been highlighted in Physics, selected as an Editors' Suggestion, or are of special interest for other reasons.

Field-Induced Electron-Ion Recombination: A Novel Route towards Neutral (Anti-)matter
C. Wesdorp, F. Robicheaux, and L. D. Noordam
pp. 3799-3802 [View PDF (113 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus

LETTERS

General Physics

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Coherent Scattering with Pulsed Matter Beams
F. Robicheaux and L. D. Noordam
pp. 3735-3739 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Statistical Mechanics of a Discrete Nonlinear System
K. Ø. Rasmussen, T. Cretegny, P. G. Kevrekidis, and Niels Grønbech-Jensen
pp. 3740-3743 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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Universal Fluctuations in Correlated Systems
S. T. Bramwell, K. Christensen, J.-Y. Fortin, P. C. W. Holdsworth, H. J. Jensen, S. Lise, J. M. López, M. Nicodemi, J.-F. Pinton, and M. Sellitto
pp. 3744-3747 [View PDF (71 kB)]

Gravitation and Astrophysics

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Creation of Magnetic Energy in the Solar Atmosphere
L. C. Woods and J. M. A. Ashbourn
pp. 3748-3751 [View PDF (64 kB)]
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Electron-Positron Outflow from Black Holes
Maurice H. P. M. van Putten
pp. 3752-3755 [View PDF (66 kB)]
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Constraining Antimatter Domains in the Early Universe with Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
Hannu Kurki-Suonio and Elina Sihvola
pp. 3756-3759 [View PDF (65 kB)]
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Observational Evidence for Self-Interacting Cold Dark Matter
David N. Spergel and Paul J. Steinhardt
pp. 3760-3763 [View PDF (53 kB)]

Elementary Particles and Fields

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Search for Neutrino Oscillations at the Palo Verde Nuclear Reactors
F. Boehm, J. Busenitz, B. Cook, G. Gratta, H. Henrikson, J. Kornis, D. Lawrence, K. B. Lee, K. McKinny, L. Miller, V. Novikov, A. Piepke, B. Ritchie, D. Tracy, P. Vogel, Y-F. Wang, and J. Wolf
pp. 3764-3767 [View PDF (144 kB)]
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Further Search for the Decay K+→π+νν̅
S. Adler et al. ((E787 Collaboration))
pp. 3768-3770 [View PDF (54 kB)]

Nuclear Physics

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Hydrodynamics of Nuclear Matter in the Chiral Limit
D. T. Son
pp. 3771-3774 [View PDF (64 kB)]
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Proton-Neutron Mixed-Symmetry 3ms+ State in 94Mo
N. Pietralla, C. Fransen, P. von Brentano, A. Dewald, A. Fitzler, C. Frießner, and J. Gableske
pp. 3775-3778 [View PDF (150 kB)]
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Search for Isovector Giant Monopole Resonances via the Pb(3He,tp) Reaction
R. G. T. Zegers, A. M. van den Berg, S. Brandenburg, F. R. R. Fleurot, M. Fujiwara, J. Guillot, V. M. Hannen, M. N. Harakeh, H. Laurent, K. van der Schaaf, S. Y. van der Werf, A. Willis, and H. W. Wilschut
pp. 3779-3782 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Matrix Elements of Random Operators and Discrete Symmetry Breaking in Nuclei
M. S. Hussein and M. P. Pato
pp. 3783-3786 [View PDF (67 kB)]

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Laser Cooling of Atoms, Ions, or Molecules by Coherent Scattering
Vladan Vuletić and Steven Chu
pp. 3787-3790 [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Above-Threshold Ionization by an Elliptically Polarized Field: Interplay between Electronic Quantum Trajectories
G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, A. Dreischuh, H. Walther, R. Kopold, and W. Becker
pp. 3791-3794 [View PDF (246 kB)]
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Determination of Cross Sections and Continuum Phases of Rubidium through Complete Measurements of Atomic Multiphoton Ionization
Zheng-Min Wang and D. S. Elliott
pp. 3795-3798 [View PDF (173 kB)]
Field-Induced Electron-Ion Recombination: A Novel Route towards Neutral (Anti-)matter
C. Wesdorp, F. Robicheaux, and L. D. Noordam
pp. 3799-3802 [View PDF (113 kB)]
See accompanying Physics Focus
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Bose-Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage in Photoassociation
Matt Mackie, Ryan Kowalski, and Juha Javanainen
pp. 3803-3806 [View PDF (74 kB)]
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Influence of Parity Violating Weak Nuclear Potentials on Vibrational and Rotational Frequencies in Chiral Molecules
Martin Quack and Jürgen Stohner
pp. 3807-3810 [View PDF (67 kB)]
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Theoretical Analysis of Parity-Violating Energy Differences between the Enantiomers of Chiral Molecules
Jon K. Laerdahl, Peter Schwerdtfeger, and Harry M. Quiney
pp. 3811-3814 [View PDF (60 kB)]
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Dark State Illuminated: Infrared Spectrum and Inverted Torsional Structure of the ν11 Out-of-Plane CH3-Rocking Mode of Methanol
R. M. Lees and Li-Hong Xu
pp. 3815-3818 [View PDF (81 kB)]
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Partial-Wave Decomposition of the Ionization Continuum Accessed by Vibrational Autoionization of the NO 14s ( ν = 1, N = 20, NR+ = 20) Level
Hongkun Park, Ian Konen, and Richard N. Zare
pp. 3819-3822 [View PDF (68 kB)]
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Two-Photon Coherent Control of Atomic Collisions by Light with Entangled Polarization
M. D. Havey, D. V. Kupriyanov, and I. M. Sokolov
pp. 3823-3826 [View PDF (67 kB)]
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Thermal Expansion in Small Metal Clusters and its Impact on the Electric Polarizability
S. Kümmel, J. Akola, and M. Manninen
pp. 3827-3830 [View PDF (79 kB)]
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Rescattering Processes for Elliptical Polarization: A Quantum Trajectory Analysis
R. Kopold, D. B. Milošević, and W. Becker
pp. 3831-3834 [View PDF (115 kB)]

Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Classical Optics, etc.

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Controlling Chaos with Simple Limiters
Ned J. Corron, Shawn D. Pethel, and Buckley A. Hopper
pp. 3835-3838 [View PDF (212 kB)]
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Singular Behavior of Light-Induced Space Charge in Photorefractive Media under an ac Field
G. F. Calvo, B. Sturman, F. Agulló-López, and M. Carrascosa
pp. 3839-3842 [View PDF (106 kB)]
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Observation of Quadratic Optical Vortex Solitons
Paolo Di Trapani, Walter Chinaglia, Stefano Minardi, Algis Piskarskas, and Gintaras Valiulis
pp. 3843-3846 [View PDF (612 kB)]
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Self-Compression of High-Intensity Femtosecond Optical Pulses and Spatiotemporal Soliton Generation
I. G. Koprinkov, Akira Suda, Pengqian Wang, and Katsumi Midorikawa
pp. 3847-3850 [View PDF (90 kB)]
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Self-Organization, Localization of Shear Bands, and Aging in Loose Granular Materials
János Török, Supriya Krishnamurthy, János Kertész, and Stéphane Roux
pp. 3851-3854 [View PDF (654 kB)]

Plasma and Beam Physics

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Experiments with Longitudinally Polarized Electrons in a Storage Ring Using a Siberian Snake
H. R. Poolman et al.
pp. 3855-3858 [View PDF (109 kB)]
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Local Measurement of Nonclassical Ion Heating during Magnetic Reconnection
S. C. Hsu, G. Fiksel, T. A. Carter, H. Ji, R. M. Kulsrud, and M. Yamada
pp. 3859-3862 [View PDF (122 kB)]
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Radially Localized Helicon Modes in Nonuniform Plasma
Boris N. Breizman and Alexey V. Arefiev
pp. 3863-3866 [View PDF (62 kB)]
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Role of Reynolds Stress-Induced Poloidal Flow in Triggering the Transition to Improved Ohmic Confinement on the HT-6M Tokamak
Y. H. Xu, C. X. Yu, J. R. Luo, J. S. Mao, B. H. Liu, J. G. Li, B. N. Wan, and Y. X. Wan
pp. 3867-3870 [View PDF (92 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Structure, etc.

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Memory-Free Conic Anchoring of Liquid Crystals on a Solid Substrate
O. Ou Ramdane, Ph. Auroy, S. Forget, E. Raspaud, Ph. Martinot-Lagarde, and I. Dozov
pp. 3871-3874 [View PDF (133 kB)]
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Linewidth Collapse in Three-Photon Exciton-Polariton Spectra of CsI under Pressure
C. H. Yoo, M. J. Lipp, D. Strachan, and W. B. Daniels
pp. 3875-3878 [View PDF (70 kB)]
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High Pressure Behavior of ZrW2O8: Grüneisen Parameter and Thermal Properties
T. R. Ravindran, Akhilesh K. Arora, and T. A. Mary
pp. 3879-3882 [View PDF (71 kB)]
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Condensation of Helium in Nanotube Bundles
M. W. Cole, Vincent H. Crespi, G. Stan, C. Ebner, Jacob M. Hartman, S. Moroni, and M. Boninsegni
pp. 3883-3886 [View PDF (319 kB)]
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Two-Membered Silicon Rings on the Dehydroxylated Surface of Silica
D. Ceresoli, M. Bernasconi, S. Iarlori, M. Parrinello, and E. Tosatti
pp. 3887-3890 [View PDF (248 kB)]
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Anomalous Roughness in Dimer-Type Surface Growth
Jae Dong Noh, Hyunggyu Park, and Marcel den Nijs
pp. 3891-3894 [View PDF (100 kB)]
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Morphological Symmetry Breaking during Epitaxial Growth at Grazing Incidence
Jianxin Zhong, Enge Wang, Qian Niu, and Zhenyu Zhang
pp. 3895-3898 [View PDF (103 kB)]
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Imaging the Surface and the Interface Atoms of an Oxide Film on Ag{111} by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Experiment and Theory
C. I. Carlisle, D. A. King, M.-L. Bocquet, J. Cerdá, and P. Sautet
pp. 3899-3902 [View PDF (349 kB)]

Condensed Matter: Electronic Properties, etc.

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Electronic Fine Structure in the Electron-Hole Plasma in SrB6
C. O. Rodriguez, Ruben Weht, and W. E. Pickett
pp. 3903-3906 [View PDF (74 kB)]
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Dynamic Structure Factor of Diamond and LiF Measured Using Inelastic X-Ray Scattering
W. A. Caliebe, J. A. Soininen, Eric L. Shirley, C.-C. Kao, and K. Hämäläinen
pp. 3907-3910 [View PDF (157 kB)]
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Critical Fluctuations and Quenched Disordered Two-Dimensional Charge Stripes in La5/3Sr1/3NiO4
C-H. Du, M. E. Ghazi, Y. Su, I. Pape, P. D. Hatton, S. D. Brown, W. G. Stirling, M. J. Cooper, and S-W. Cheong
pp. 3911-3914 [View PDF (74 kB)]
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Topology Dependent Quantities at the Anderson Transition
Keith Slevin, Tomi Ohtsuki, and Tohru Kawarabayashi
pp. 3915-3918 [View PDF (198 kB)]
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Stripe Conductivity in La1.775Sr0.225NiO4
Yu. G. Pashkevich, V. A. Blinkin, V. P. Gnezdilov, V. V. Tsapenko, V. V. Eremenko, P. Lemmens, M. Fischer, M. Grove, G. Güntherodt, L. Degiorgi, P. Wachter, J. M. Tranquada, and D. J. Buttrey
pp. 3919-3922 [View PDF (94 kB)]
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Effects of Strain and Local Charge on the Formation of Deep Defects in III-V Ternary Alloys
A. Amore Bonapasta and P. Giannozzi
pp. 3923-3926 [View PDF (57 kB)]
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Search for Two-Scale Localization in Disordered Wires in a Magnetic Field
H. Schomerus and C. W. J. Beenakker
pp. 3927-3929 [View PDF (272 kB)]
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Density of States of Disordered Two-Dimensional Crystals with Half-Filled Band
E. P. Nakhmedov, M. Kumru, and R. Oppermann
pp. 3930-3933 [View PDF (77 kB)]
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Disorder and Interaction-Induced Pairing in the Addition Spectra of Quantum Dots
C. M. Canali
pp. 3934-3937 [View PDF (72 kB)]
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Suppression of Ground-State Magnetization in Finite-Size Systems due to Off-Diagonal Interaction Fluctuations
Philippe Jacquod and A. Douglas Stone
pp. 3938-3941 [View PDF (87 kB)]
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Excitation Spectrum and Effective Mass of the Even-Fraction Quantum Hall Liquid
Masaru Onoda, Takahiro Mizusaki, Takaharu Otsuka, and Hideo Aoki
pp. 3942-3945 [View PDF (79 kB)]
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Magnetic Phenomena at and near ν = 1/2 and 1/4: Theory, Experiment, and Interpretation
R. Shankar
pp. 3946-3949 [View PDF (84 kB)]
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Continuous Topological Phase Transitions between Clean Quantum Hall States
Xiao-Gang Wen
pp. 3950-3953 [View PDF (68 kB)]
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Theory of the Transition at 0.2 K in Ni-Doped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8
Robert Joynt
pp. 3954-3957 [View PDF (62 kB)]
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Staggered-Vorticity Correlations in a Lightly Doped t-J Model: A Variational Approach
D. A. Ivanov, Patrick A. Lee, and Xiao-Gang Wen
pp. 3958-3961 [View PDF (112 kB)]
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Spin-Singlet Clusters in the Ladder Compound NaV2O5
J. L. de Boer, A. Meetsma, J. Baas, and T. T. M. Palstra
pp. 3962-3965 [View PDF (614 kB)]
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Nature of Ground State Incongruence in Two-Dimensional Spin Glasses
C. M. Newman and D. L. Stein
pp. 3966-3969 [View PDF (63 kB)]
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Origin of the Giant Magnetic Moments of Fe Impurities on and in Cs Films
S. K. Kwon and B. I. Min
pp. 3970-3973 [View PDF (178 kB)]
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Spin Wave Theory of Double Exchange Ferromagnets
D. I. Golosov
pp. 3974-3977 [View PDF (76 kB)]
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Commensurate Dynamic Magnetic Correlations in La2Cu0.9Li0.1O4
Wei Bao, R. J. McQueeney, R. Heffner, J. L. Sarrao, P. Dai, and J. L. Zarestky
pp. 3978-3981 [View PDF (157 kB)]
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Energy Landscapes in Random Systems, Driven Interfaces, and Wetting
E. T. Seppälä and M. J. Alava
pp. 3982-3985 [View PDF (87 kB)]
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Asymmetric Magnetization Reversal in Exchange-Biased Hysteresis Loops
M. R. Fitzsimmons, P. Yashar, C. Leighton, Ivan K. Schuller, J. Nogués, C. F. Majkrzak, and J. A. Dura
pp. 3986-3989 [View PDF (78 kB)]
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Influence of Low-Symmetry Distortions on the Luminescence of Cr4+-Doped Forsterite
Yongrong Shen and Kevin L. Bray
pp. 3990-3993 [View PDF (112 kB)]
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Photon Emission Spectroscopy of Individual Oxide-Supported Silver Clusters in a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
N. Nilius, N. Ernst, and H.-J. Freund
pp. 3994-3997 [View PDF (654 kB)]
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Angular Distribution of Electron Temperature and Density in a Laser-Ablation Plume
B. Toftmann, J. Schou, T. N. Hansen, and J. G. Lunney
pp. 3998-4001 [View PDF (76 kB)]

Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics, Quantum Information, etc.

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Entanglement Purification of Gaussian Continuous Variable Quantum States
Lu-Ming Duan, G. Giedke, J. I. Cirac, and P. Zoller
pp. 4002-4005 [View PDF (78 kB)]
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Self-Organized Criticality in the Olami-Feder-Christensen Model
Josué X. de Carvalho and Carmen P. C. Prado
pp. 4006-4009 [View PDF (58 kB)]
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Mixing of Atmospheric Gas Concentrations
Charles F. Clement, Ian J. Ford, and Cynthia H. Twohy
pp. 4010-4013 [View PDF (78 kB)]

COMMENTS

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Comment on “Structures of GaN(0001)\bf{-}(2×2), \bf{-}(4×4), and \bf{-}(5×5) Surface Reconstructions”
V. Ramachandran, C. D. Lee, R. M. Feenstra, A. R. Smith, and D. W. Greve
pp. 4014 [View PDF (20 kB)]
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Xue et al. Reply:
Qi-Zhen Xue, Q. K. Xue, S. Kuwano, J. T. Sadowski, K. F. Kelly, T. Sakurai, and T. Ohno
pp. 4015 [View PDF (28 kB)]
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Comment on “Experimental Observation of Spontaneous Emission Cancellation”
Li Li, X. Wang, J. Yang, G. Lazarov, J. Qi, and A. M. Lyyra
pp. 4016 [View PDF (20 kB)]
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Comment on “Spin Dependent Hopping and Colossal Negative Magnetoresistance in Epitaxial Nd0.52Sr0.48MnO3 Films in Fields up to 50 T”
Sudhakar Yarlagadda
pp. 4017 [View PDF (28 kB)]
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Wagner et al. Reply:
P. Wagner, I. Gordon, L. Trappeniers, J. Vanacken, F. Herlach, V. V. Moshchalkov, and Y. Bruynseraede
pp. 4018 [View PDF (23 kB)]
 
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