• Matter and Radiation at Extremes
  • Vol. 7, Issue 5, 058403 (2022)
Evgeny F. Talantseva)
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  • M. N. Miheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 18, S. Kovalevskoy St., Ekaterinburg 620108, Russia and NANOTECH Centre, Ural Federal University, 19 Mira St., Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia
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    Evgeny F. Talantsev. Universal Fermi velocity in highly compressed hydride superconductors[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(5): 058403 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Evgeny F. Talantsev. Universal Fermi velocity in highly compressed hydride superconductors[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2022, 7(5): 058403
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