Local Defects are Always Neutral in the Thomas-Fermi-von Weiszäcker Theory of Crystals

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 933-973

  Cancès, Eric ^a   Ehrlacher, Virginie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

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EID: 81555209703     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: 14320673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-011-0440-0     Document Type: Article

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