Thermodynamics of cosmic string densities in U(1) scalar field theory

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 908-911

  Antunes, Nuno D ^a   Bettencourt, Luís M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 4243566209     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.908     Document Type: Article

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