Field- and temperature-induced topological phase transitions in the three-dimensional N-component London superconductor

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Smiseth, J ^a   Smorgrav E ^a   Babaev, E ^a,b   Sudbo A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Cornell Center for Materials Research   (United States)

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EID: 28244487157     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.214509     Document Type: Article

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