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pith:6MYA5TWM

pith:2010:6MYA5TWMNP7MWSGRVZBNLNBYVL
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Surface-plasmon-polariton waves guided by the uniformly moving planar interface of a metal film and dielectric slab

Akhlesh Lakhtakia (Pennsylvania State University), Tom G. Mackay (University of Edinburgh)

arxiv:1006.0783 v1 · 2010-06-04 · physics.optics

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First computed 2026-05-18T04:07:19.944803Z
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Canonical hash

f3300ececc6bfecb48d1ae42d5b438aad9ac7f27b8bfdbafa42aa08a007913db

Aliases

arxiv: 1006.0783 · arxiv_version: 1006.0783v1 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1006.0783 · pith_short_12: 6MYA5TWMNP7M · pith_short_16: 6MYA5TWMNP7MWSGR · pith_short_8: 6MYA5TWM
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Verify this Pith Number yourself
curl -sH 'Accept: application/ld+json' https://pith.science/pith/6MYA5TWMNP7MWSGRVZBNLNBYVL \
  | jq -c '.canonical_record' \
  | python3 -c "import sys,json,hashlib; b=json.dumps(json.loads(sys.stdin.read()), sort_keys=True, separators=(',',':'), ensure_ascii=False).encode(); print(hashlib.sha256(b).hexdigest())"
# expect: f3300ececc6bfecb48d1ae42d5b438aad9ac7f27b8bfdbafa42aa08a007913db
Canonical record JSON
{
  "metadata": {
    "abstract_canon_sha256": "7ab557b1712ad243e3dc21a6be24216c878fc4df1df49211de7ec3a35122f76d",
    "cross_cats_sorted": [],
    "license": "http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/",
    "primary_cat": "physics.optics",
    "submitted_at": "2010-06-04T06:11:03Z",
    "title_canon_sha256": "5ffac463538a28ac3367daea413c7c4869256b5c269231d174d1fdfcc861f926"
  },
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  "source": {
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    "kind": "arxiv",
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  }
}