Density functional theory of vortex lattice melting in layered superconductors: A mean-field substrate approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  De Col, A ^a   Menon, G I ^b   Blatter, G ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 33846406051     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.014518     Document Type: Article

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