Mathematical theory of the wetting phenomenon in the 2D ising model

Helvetica Physica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 949-973

  Pfister, Charles Edouard ^a   Velenik, Yvan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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