Phase transitions driven by vortices in two-dimensional superfluids and superconductors: From Kosterlitz-Thouless to first order

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 13, 2001, Pages

  Alvarez, G ^a   Fort, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; CONDUCTOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICS;

EID: 0034900078     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.132504     Document Type: Article

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