Hydrodynamics of Defects in the Abelian-Higgs Model: An Application to Nematic Liquid Crystals

Annals of Physics

Volumn 282, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-30

  Kurz, Günter ^a   Sarkar, Sarben ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0344237763     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aphy.1999.5975     Document Type: Article

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