Towards a third-order topological invariant for magnetic fields

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 3945-3959

  Hornig, Gunnar ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

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EID: 0041968623     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/35/17/309     Document Type: Article

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