Statistics, condensation, and the Anderson-Higgs mechanism: Worldline path integral view

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  She, Jian Huang ^a   Sadri, Darius ^a   Zaanen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 54449087093     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.144504     Document Type: Article

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