Non-relativistic conformal symmetries in fluid mechanics

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 607-614

  Zhang, Pengming ^a   Horvathy P A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 77349085519     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-1221-x     Document Type: Article

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