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Field theory of bicritical and tetracritical points. I. Statics

R Folk1, Yu Holovatch, G Moser

  • 1Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69, Linz, Austria. folk@tphys.uni-linz.ac.at

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|November 13, 2008
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