Phase transition in a chain of quantum vortices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1383-1395

  Bruder, C ^a   Glazman, L I ^b   Larkin, A I ^b   Mooij, J E ^c   van Oudenaarden, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 4243815588     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.1383     Document Type: Article

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