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Kinetics of metastable states

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Systems Far from Equilibrium

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Langer, J. (1980). Kinetics of metastable states. In: Garrido, L. (eds) Systems Far from Equilibrium. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 132. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0025611

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