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Charged relativistic fluids and non-linear electrodynamics. / Dereli, Tekin; Tucker, Robin.
In: EPL, Vol. 89, No. 2, 20009, 2010.

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Dereli T, Tucker R. Charged relativistic fluids and non-linear electrodynamics. EPL. 2010;89(2):20009. doi: 10.1209/0295-5075/89/20009

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Dereli, Tekin ; Tucker, Robin. / Charged relativistic fluids and non-linear electrodynamics. In: EPL. 2010 ; Vol. 89, No. 2.

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