Journal of Physics Special Topics
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH.
August 28, 2009
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[1] http://authors.aps.org/STYLE/ accessed on 08/10/2012.
[2] J. M. Smith, J. Naismith and B. Smith, Phys. Rev. B 24, 81 (1992).
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