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Y Nahmad-Molinari1, G Canul-Chay, J C Ruiz-Suárez

  • 1Departamento de Física Aplicada, CINVESTAV-IPN, Unidad Mérida, AP 73 Cordemex, Mérida, Yucatán 97310, Mexico.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|December 20, 2003
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