On the behaviour and stability of superconducting currents

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 649, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 511-525

  Lemperiere, Y ^a   Shellard, E P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmic strings; Superconductivity; Vorton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037467636     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)01028-3     Document Type: Article

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