Anomalous defects and their quantized transverse conductivities

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 841-861

  Balachandran, A P ^a   John, Varghese ^a   Momen, Arshad ^a   Moraes, Fernando ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000858290     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X98000378     Document Type: Article

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