Universal nonlinear conductivity close to an itinerant-electron quantum critical point

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2008, Pages

  Hogan, P M ^a   Green, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 56349170200     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.195104     Document Type: Article

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