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arXiv:cond-mat/0311232 · Journal of Statistical Physics

Renormalization Group and Ward Identities in Quantum Liquid Phases and in Unconventional Critical Phenomena

C. Di Castro, R. Raimondi, S. Caprara

Published Mar 17, 2004• 2 citations
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10.1023/b:joss.0000019832.91097.0b

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