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Cosmology meets condensed matter - Introduction. / Kibble, T. W. B.; Pickett, George R.
In: Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , Vol. 366, No. 1877, 08.2008, p. 2793-2802.

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Kibble, TWB & Pickett, GR 2008, 'Cosmology meets condensed matter - Introduction.', Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , vol. 366, no. 1877, pp. 2793-2802. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0098

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Kibble, T. W. B., & Pickett, G. R. (2008). Cosmology meets condensed matter - Introduction. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences , 366(1877), 2793-2802. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0098

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Kibble TWB, Pickett GR. Cosmology meets condensed matter - Introduction. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences . 2008 Aug;366(1877):2793-2802. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2008.0098

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Kibble, T. W. B. ; Pickett, George R. / Cosmology meets condensed matter - Introduction. In: Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences . 2008 ; Vol. 366, No. 1877. pp. 2793-2802.

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