Vortex formation in two dimensions: When symmetry breaks, how big are the pieces?

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 5477-5480

  Yates, Andrew ^a,b   Zurek, Wojciech H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 4243636936     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.5477     Document Type: Article

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