Electromagnetic response of a pinned wigner crystal

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 2120-2141

  Fertig, H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0001019382     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.2120     Document Type: Article

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