Related papers: Field theory approach in the dynamics of biomatter
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We show that it is possible to go beyond the simple kinematical aspects of the analog models of gravity. We exhibit the form of the Lagrangian that describes the dynamics of a self-interacting field $ \phi $ as an interaction between $ \phi…
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