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Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Thermodynamics’ third law and quantum phase transitions

Michael Kruse, H. G. Miller, Angel Ricardo Plastino, Angel Ricardo Plastino

Published Mar 16, 2010• 1 citation
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10.1016/j.physa.2010.03.013

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