Scalar intermittency and the ground state of periodic Schrödinger equations

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 181-190

  Bronski, Jared C ^a   McLaughlin, Richard M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0001034784     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869161     Document Type: Article

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