Surface structure of liquid metals and the effect of capillary waves: x-ray studies on liquid indium

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 783-791

  Tostmann, H ^a   DiMasi, E ^b   Pershan, P S ^a   Ocko, B M ^b   Shpyrko, O G ^a   Deutsch, M ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0000871579     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.783     Document Type: Article

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