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Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 506, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 695-710

  Moroz, J David ^a   Kamien, Randall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chern Simons theory; Polymer conformations; Writhe

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031498106     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0550-3213(97)00601-9     Document Type: Article

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