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Title: Line-Graph Lattices: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Flat Bands, and Implementations in Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
Award ID(s):
1802211
NSF-PAR ID:
10177404
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Communications in Mathematical Physics
ISSN:
0010-3616
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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