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Nelson, D.R. (1985). The structure and statistical mechanics of glass. In: Garrido, L. (eds) Applications of Field Theory to Statistical Mechanics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 216. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-13911-7_72
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