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Mojtaba Nasiri1, Ali Moradian, MirFaez Miri

  • 1Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), P.O. Box 45195-1159, Zanjan 45195, Iran.

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
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