Solitons as elementary particles: A paradigm scrutinized

Nonlinearity

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Manton, Nicholas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58149327111     PISSN: 09517715     EISSN: 13616544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0951-7715/21/11/T01     Document Type: Article

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