Breathers in systems with intrinsic and extrinsic nonlinearities

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 101-112

  Cruzeiro Hansson, L ^a   Eilbeck, J C ^a   Marin J L ^a   Russell, F M ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discrete breathers; Polarons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347740255     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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