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The equilibrium properties of the lattice fluid with the repulsion between the nearest neighbors on the two-level planar triangular lattice are investigated. The numerical results obtained from the analytical expressions are compared with…
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Lattice dynamics of rare-gas crystals is built on the base of adiabatic approximation when the deformation of electron shells of atoms of dipole and quadrupole types depending on nucleus shift and simultaneously arising Van-der-Vaals…
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