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Masato Ida1

  • 1Center for Computational Science and E-systems, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Higashi-Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0015, Japan. ida.masato@jaea.go.jp

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
|March 5, 2009
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