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Mesoscopic superconducting analogs of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher Effect. / Leadbeater, M ; Lambert, Colin.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 74, No. 22, 1995, p. 4519-4522.

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Leadbeater, M & Lambert, C 1995, 'Mesoscopic superconducting analogs of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher Effect', Physical review letters, vol. 74, no. 22, pp. 4519-4522. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4519

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Leadbeater, M., & Lambert, C. (1995). Mesoscopic superconducting analogs of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher Effect. Physical review letters, 74(22), 4519-4522. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4519

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Leadbeater M, Lambert C. Mesoscopic superconducting analogs of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher Effect. Physical review letters. 1995;74(22):4519-4522. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.4519

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Leadbeater, M ; Lambert, Colin. / Mesoscopic superconducting analogs of the Aharonov-Bohm-Casher Effect. In: Physical review letters. 1995 ; Vol. 74, No. 22. pp. 4519-4522.

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