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Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Semiclassical representation method in statistical physics of interacting molecules

Eugeni P. Gordov, Gennady A. Koganov, Alexander M. Khazanov

Published Sep 1, 1984• 3 citations
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10.1016/0378-4371(84)90067-0

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