Quantum metal-superconductor transition: A local field theory approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Zhou, Lubo ^a   Kirkpatrick, T R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 33644939048     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.024514     Document Type: Article

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