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H Fujisaki1, K Takatsuka

  • 1Department of Basics Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 153-8902, Tokyo, Japan. fujisaki@mns2.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|June 21, 2001
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