Onset of superconductivity in decreasing fields for general domains

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1272-1284

  Bernoff, Andrew ^a   Sternberg, Peter ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032331985     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532379     Document Type: Article

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