Discreteness effects on soliton dynamics: A simple experiment

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 552-555

  Laroche, Claude ^a   Dauxois, Thierry ^a   Peyrard, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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EID: 0034379863     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19483     Document Type: Article

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