Light with nonzero chemical potential

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 717-721

  Herrmann, F ^a   Wurfel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 25144466557     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1904623     Document Type: Article

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