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Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Ferromagnetic ordering of quasiparticles in nonequilibrium superconductors and the rise of domains

A. G. Aronov, Boris Z. Spivak

Published Jul 1, 1980• 1 citation
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10.1007/bf00115988

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