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Reheating as a surface effect. / Enqvist, Kari; Kasuya, Shinta; Mazumdar, Anupam.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 89, No. 9, 091301, 07.08.2002.

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Enqvist, K, Kasuya, S & Mazumdar, A 2002, 'Reheating as a surface effect', Physical review letters, vol. 89, no. 9, 091301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.091301

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Enqvist, K., Kasuya, S., & Mazumdar, A. (2002). Reheating as a surface effect. Physical review letters, 89(9), Article 091301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.091301

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Enqvist K, Kasuya S, Mazumdar A. Reheating as a surface effect. Physical review letters. 2002 Aug 7;89(9):091301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.091301

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Enqvist, Kari ; Kasuya, Shinta ; Mazumdar, Anupam. / Reheating as a surface effect. In: Physical review letters. 2002 ; Vol. 89, No. 9.

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