Variational charge renormalization in charged systems
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Variational charge renormalization in charged systems.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The European Physical Journal E
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1292-8941,1292-895X
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2002-10159-0