Collapse of three vortices on a sphere

Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica C

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 779-791

  Kidambi, R ^a   Newton, P K ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

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EID: 2242425354     PISSN: 20374909     EISSN: 18269885     Source Type: Journal    
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