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From high temperature superconductivity to quantum spin liquid: progress in strong correlation physics2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 012501
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Polarity of oxide surfaces and nanostructures2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 016501
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Realism and the physical world2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 022001
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Physics of liquid jets2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 036601
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Magnetism in ultrathin film structures2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 056501
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Two gaps make a high-temperature superconductor?2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 062501
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The global atmospheric electric circuit and its effects on cloud microphysics2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 066801
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The emperor's last clothes? Overlooking the string theory landscape2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 072201
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High energy astrophysics with ground-based gamma ray detectors2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 096901
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Metadynamics: a method to simulate rare events and reconstruct the free energy in biophysics, chemistry and material science2008 Rep. Prog. Phys. 71 126601
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