Disorder-induced phase transition of vortex matter in (formula presented)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Wisniewski, A ^a   Angst, M ^a   Jun, J ^a   Kazakov, S M ^a   Karpinski, J ^a   Puzniak, R ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 85038910625     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.012502     Document Type: Article

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