Equilibrium shapes for planar crystals in an external field

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 699-723

  McCann, Robert J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032368101     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050409     Document Type: Article

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