Upper Bound on Diffusivity

Hartman, Thomas; Hartnoll, Sean A.; Mahajan, Raghu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.141601

Title: Upper Bound on Diffusivity

Journal Article · Mon Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.141601· OSTI ID:1395919

Hartman, Thomas; Hartnoll, Sean A.; Mahajan, Raghu

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