Thermal depinning of fluxons in discrete Josephson rings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Mazo, J J ^a   Naranjo, F ^a,b   Segall, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA Y TECNOLÓGICA DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

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EID: 56349155740     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.174510     Document Type: Article

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