Giant fluctuations in a free diffusion process

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6657, 1997, Pages 262-265

  Vailati, Alberto ^a   Giglio, Marzio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

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ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030831533     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36803     Document Type: Article

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