The many-body physics of composite bosons

Physics Reports

Volumn 463, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 215-320

  Combescot, Monique ^a   Betbeder Matibet, Odile ^a   Dubin, François ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

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EID: 45649083584     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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