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E I Volkov1, E Ullner, A A Zaikin

  • 1Department of Theoretical Physics, Lebedev Physical Institute, Leninskii 53, Russia.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|October 4, 2003
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