Breathers on a diatomic FPU chain

Nonlinearity

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1421-1434

  Livi, R ^a   Spicci, M ^b   MacKay, R S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001378866     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/10/6/003     Document Type: Article

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