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Surface of a He-3 crystal: Crossover from quantum to classical behavior. / Todoshchenko, Igor A.; Alles, Harry; Junes, Heikki J. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 93, No. 17, 10.2004, p. 175301.

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Todoshchenko, IA, Alles, H, Junes, HJ, Parshin, AY & Tsepelin, V 2004, 'Surface of a He-3 crystal: Crossover from quantum to classical behavior.', Physical review letters, vol. 93, no. 17, pp. 175301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.175301

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Todoshchenko, I. A., Alles, H., Junes, H. J., Parshin, A. Y., & Tsepelin, V. (2004). Surface of a He-3 crystal: Crossover from quantum to classical behavior. Physical review letters, 93(17), 175301. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.175301

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Todoshchenko IA, Alles H, Junes HJ, Parshin AY, Tsepelin V. Surface of a He-3 crystal: Crossover from quantum to classical behavior. Physical review letters. 2004 Oct;93(17):175301. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.175301

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Todoshchenko, Igor A. ; Alles, Harry ; Junes, Heikki J. et al. / Surface of a He-3 crystal: Crossover from quantum to classical behavior. In: Physical review letters. 2004 ; Vol. 93, No. 17. pp. 175301.

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