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Corrals and critical behavior of the distribution of fluctuational paths. / Dykman, Mark; Luchinsky, D. G.; McClintock, Peter V. E. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 77, No. 26, 23.12.1996, p. 5229-5232.

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Dykman, M, Luchinsky, DG, McClintock, PVE & Smelyanskiy, VN 1996, 'Corrals and critical behavior of the distribution of fluctuational paths.', Physical review letters, vol. 77, no. 26, pp. 5229-5232. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.5229

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Dykman, M., Luchinsky, D. G., McClintock, P. V. E., & Smelyanskiy, V. N. (1996). Corrals and critical behavior of the distribution of fluctuational paths. Physical review letters, 77(26), 5229-5232. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.5229

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Dykman M, Luchinsky DG, McClintock PVE, Smelyanskiy VN. Corrals and critical behavior of the distribution of fluctuational paths. Physical review letters. 1996 Dec 23;77(26):5229-5232. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.5229

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Dykman, Mark ; Luchinsky, D. G. ; McClintock, Peter V. E. et al. / Corrals and critical behavior of the distribution of fluctuational paths. In: Physical review letters. 1996 ; Vol. 77, No. 26. pp. 5229-5232.

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