Traveling through potential energy landscapes of disordered materials: The activation-relaxation technique

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 2419-2424

  Mousseau, Normand ^a   Barkema, G T ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 23544458444     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.57.2419     Document Type: Article

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