Kinks and domain walls: An introduction to classical and quantum solitons

Kinks and Domain Walls: An Introduction to Classical and Quantum Solitons

Volumn 9780521836050, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-176

  Vachaspati, Tanmay ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY; EDUCATION; SOLITONS; STUDENTS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CONDENSED MATTER; ELEMENTARY SYSTEMS; GRADUATE STUDENTS; LABORATORY SYSTEM; QUANTUM PROPERTIES; RESEARCH PROBLEMS; STATE OF THE ART; THEORETICAL PHYSICS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 84929752396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535192     Document Type: Book

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