Provable first-order transitions for nonlinear vector and gauge models with continuous symmetries

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-32

  Van Enter, Aernout C D ^a   Shlosman, Senya B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 21244455736     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-004-1286-1     Document Type: Article

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