Image charges revisited: Beyond classical electrostatics

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 319-324

  Roulet, Bernard ^a   Saint Jean, Michel ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 0038998968     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19433     Document Type: Article

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