Quenched randomness at first-order transitions
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Quenched Randomness at First-Order Transitions
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0378-4371
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4371(98)00489-0