Parquet approach to nonlocal vertex functions and electrical conductivity of disordered electrons

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Janis V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

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Indexed keywords

ALLOY;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE RADIATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035884647     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.115115     Document Type: Article

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