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Negative Length Orbits in Normal-Superconductor Billiard Systems.

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Negative Length Orbits in Normal-Superconductor Billiard Systems. / Cserti, J.; Vattay, G.; Koltai, J. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 85, No. 17, 2000, p. 3704-3707.

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Cserti, J, Vattay, G, Koltai, J, Taddei, F & Lambert, CJ 2000, 'Negative Length Orbits in Normal-Superconductor Billiard Systems.', Physical review letters, vol. 85, no. 17, pp. 3704-3707. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3704

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Cserti, J., Vattay, G., Koltai, J., Taddei, F., & Lambert, C. J. (2000). Negative Length Orbits in Normal-Superconductor Billiard Systems. Physical review letters, 85(17), 3704-3707. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3704

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Cserti J, Vattay G, Koltai J, Taddei F, Lambert CJ. Negative Length Orbits in Normal-Superconductor Billiard Systems. Physical review letters. 2000;85(17):3704-3707. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.3704

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Cserti, J. ; Vattay, G. ; Koltai, J. et al. / Negative Length Orbits in Normal-Superconductor Billiard Systems. In: Physical review letters. 2000 ; Vol. 85, No. 17. pp. 3704-3707.

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