Smoothing effect of quenched disorder on polymer depinning transitions

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-16

  Giacomin, Giambattista ^a   Toninelli, Fabio Lucio ^b  

^a University of Paris VII LPSM partially supported by ERC Starting Grant 680275 MALIG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

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EID: 33745623381     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-006-0008-2     Document Type: Article

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