Discrete breathers in a two-dimensional hexagonal Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattice

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1239-1264

  Butt, Imran A ^a   Wattis, Jonathan A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34247122857     PISSN: 17518113     EISSN: 17518121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/40/6/004     Document Type: Article

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