Domain branching in uniaxial ferromagnets: A scaling law for the minimum energy

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-79

  Choksi, Rustum ^a   Kohn, Robert V ^b   Otto, Felix ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0033450334     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050549     Document Type: Article

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